Krim shield authentication

[mattesammi]

Hi,is this shield genuine? i tried my best to give you decent photos but i do not know why they do not rotate

[raz]

The details are lacking on this example IMO . Eagle has no face , wreath has no detail at all and I cannot match it with any in Sascha Weber's book or this site plus the pics are hard to study being they are sideways . I could be wrong so wait for others to comment .

[mattesammi]

thank you,other opinions?

[Chrish124]

The featureless eagle's head and wreath could be from wear and corrosion, but with the qualities of the photos it is hard to say. I only have Maert'z "The Awards of the Heer" to go by, which only lists a few of the shields, and based on the edges of the land masses and islands, it doesn't seem to match any of those.

[paulscoot]

A well worn original imo, Condition could of been caused by die wear , zinc pest or maybe a combo of the two. Nearest I can find to it is type 1.27 in Webers book (unknown maker) here's one from the forum. Regards Paul.

1st the op's



one from this forum (unknown maker)

[mattesammi]

Thank you very much guys��

[mattesammi]

Yes there are some features in the Wreath

[paulscoot]

Same features on the coastlines, islands, inlets and dates imo. If you have the shield in hand you should be able (hopefully) to make a positive Id, Regards, Paul

[raz]

Thanks Paul , I had looked at the 1.27 ( the last one in the book ) and saw some differences but looking again I agree with your assessment , very worn . The one you show looks mint with good detail for this maker . Remarks from the book " this unknown maker is considered very rare". Congrats to the OP and thanks for showing your badge . Great forum and great people .
Dennis

[mattesammi]

thank you all again