This topic is for the collection of Wehrmacht Arm Shields
Flag carry in the Infantry
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/7460/rmelabzeichenfrfahnentr.jpg
Terek Cossaks in the Wehrmacht
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4448/rmelabzeichenfrfreiwill.jpg
Croatia
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/8599/rmelschildderkroatische.jpg
Soviet “POA”
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4928/rmelschildderrussischen.jpg
Spanish “Blue Division”
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/495/rmelschildderspanischen.jpg
Estonia “Polizei”
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4633/rmelschildfrestnischefr.jpg
Aserbaidschan
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/6512/rmelschildfrfreiwillige.jpg
Kaukazus
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6512/rmelschildfrfreiwillige.jpg
Don Cossacks
http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/6512/rmelschildfrfreiwillige.jpg
Um, a lot of these patches aren’t actually Wehrmacht ones…
it would be great if u guys had pict on them are wearing the shields
Actually none of these are literally sleeve shields (Ärmelschilder) but “just” sleeve badges of particular units/forces. I’ll try and post some sleeve shield plus information later that day…
Georgia
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/926/rmelschildfrfreiwilligew.jpg
Idel Ural
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6512/rmelschildfrfreiwillige.jpg
Kuban - Cossaks
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6512/rmelschildfrfreiwillige.jpg
Turkey
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6512/rmelschildfrfreiwillige.jpg
Ukraine
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2913/rmelschildfrukrainische.jpg
Krim Tataren
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8441/wehrmachtrmelschildderf.jpg
Krim-Tataren 2
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8441/wehrmachtrmelschildderf.jpg
Armenia
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5415/wehrmachtrmelschildfrfr.jpg
Romania
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5415/wehrmachtrmelschildfrfr.jpg
Balkan
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5827/brasbalkan.jpg
Lappland
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/550/braslappland.jpg
Cholm
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1382/cholm.jpg
Demjansk
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8030/demjanskschild.jpg
France/ Lorient
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3752/images1ki.jpg
Krim
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9674/krimshield.jpg
Kuban
http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/5719/kubanrmelschild.jpg
Narvik
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1481/narvik.jpg
Budapest (only planned,never realized)
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/799/budapestshield.jpg
The decorations listed in your posts #12 to #15 are indeed Ärmelschilder (sleeve shields).
Still the Lappland, Balkan, Lorient, Budapest and Warsaw shield were not realised/ officially published.
A good example of a clean “krimschild” actually weared by an unknown soldat of the Panzer Divisions.
The Krimschild, btw, was the sleeve shield with the highest number of bestowals (app. 300,000).
P.S. That’s an awesome portrait btw.
I think today armies should copy the seriousness and cleanlymess of the german arm ensign of WW2, today army patches look like designs done by a 11 years old boy.