Purchased this past weekend; maker?
Joe
Krim Shild without backing
Purchased this past weekend; maker?
Joe
does not having the backing detract much from its value or collectibility?
Hi Joe,
It's a 1st type Deumer shield in zinc, they were also produced in steel. The round wire pronged types are an early production type, but these were also to be found at the end of the war on the "salesman's sample board" souvenirs that were popular with allied troops and as such may never have had any cloth backing unlike the earlier awarded shields.
The missing backing is not the main problem, it's the fact that there's little bronzed finish left and one of the prongs is missing that makes this a rather "ordinary" example.
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Thank you Ned.
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