greg domian

Most cossack bevo shields go for 400.00 to 600.00 US. I have seen some lower than that but generally speaking this is a good buy. Rarer shields will command more.

Greg

Don,

I would agree, the classic bevo weave is that loose thread patteren. If that was the case then the wallonie and france shields we all see would be considered suspect. I just think that there are different weave patterens for these shields and not to take the back as a face value when observing them. Material and known construction "keys" we know from the front are what is important. I had over 60 volunteer shields at one time and there were differences in the back weave. They were all good. I guess you can look at the two weaves displayed here as akin to bevo and bevo-like when we talk about cufftitles. Both are different but both are correct.

Greg

Hi All -

To me, classic BeVo work looks like the Free Indian Legion armbadge and the Cossack badge beneath it, with the loose threads to the reverse - that's why I said the original Cossack badge did not look like BeVo to me. Doesn't mean it's "bad", I would just say it is not a classic BeVo style.

Don

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Ok, Here are some side by side examples(front and back of several bevo weave volunteer sleeve shields. As you will see, the back weave is different between them. As that is what seems to be the question here. all of these are original shields. Why the different back weaves? I don't know. Obviously different machines or weaving style.

Greg

As I said, it doesn't resemble original BeVo badges I have seen. The reverse of original foreign volunteer armshields generally looks quite different. If this is original, Greg, I would be interested in learning about it. Perhaps you can expand?

PK

This is an original Cossack sleeve shield. The back is fine.

Greg