Anything historically accurate about IMA's large Shield?

[IMBLITZVT]

Just got one of these in and tried it on my Sled. It did not work at all with the traditional small sled armor shield. I would say it could be fitted to a Sled with no armor shield. Anyway I was wondering is there any historically accurate about this shield. Did the Germans ever use a shield that looked at all like this one? If so, any good pictures out there?

Here is a picture of one of their sleds all painted up.

[JBaum]

IMA and historical accuracy are often at opposite ends of the spectrum. Just sayin'.

[jmann]

Not sure but it looks nothing like my original shield which is the style seen in a lot of the photos. That said there were several types that are pictured side by side in a period photo in the paintbrush.

[IMBLITZVT]

Not sure but it looks nothing like my original shield which is the style seen in a lot of the photos. That said there were several types that are pictured side by side in a period photo in the paintbrush.

Yeah its nothing close to the one you have. However I do see one picture in TDPB that seems to show a very similar profile. I figure they probably copied it from something rather then just invented the look when reproing the shield... or its Turk made.