Originally Posted by Gaspare
Trigg,, I agree. There were some POW made. The shields and devices were usually sand cast. Very simple made and not in great quantity's. .The AL cast Lappland shield was made at wars end,, postwar.


Not creating a dispute in any way, but most of 6.th and 7.th Geb.Divisions, along with other units in division size were qualified for the shield, a fair chance that more than 10.000 shields were made in POW camps locally. Yes, crude cast, and hardly 2 identical, and many different styles. Each region created their own style by the looks of it.

And what is another factor is that like this ring, the Lappland shield also bear no swastikas or other 3.reich political symbols.

Tor-Helge