Hello Friends,
We all know how tricky these are with fakes galore, some easily recognized and others not so easily dismissed…I felt comfortable going with my instinct on this one and was able to obtain it cheaply from a German Seller in Mainz along with the M42 Shell I posted…I would like to believe that it’s an original Shield as it displays the "appropriate crudeness" indicative of the Lorientschild…It certainly isn’t a run of the mill fake and matches well with the ones I’ve seen…
Any thoughts or opinions gentlemen - feel free to comment…
cheers, Glenn

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