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Standard for Saxon Shield Pigeon
Translated from 1954 German standard by H. P. Macklin and updated to recent German standard

Blue White Barred Saxon Shield


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Origin:
 Saxony
General Impression:
 Strong, field pigeon shape with low station, heavy muffs, plain headed, shell crested or double crested
Race features:
  
Head:
 Oblong, curved, forehead moderately high, smooth headed, shell crest or double crested. Crest set well on head, broad and thick, ending with rosettes on either side of the head. Beak crest is well developed but shall not cover the eyes.
Eyes:
 Dark. Eye cere narrow, even color, light flesh to red.
Beak:
 Medium to long, flesh colored.
Neck:
 Medium long, full at the body, throat well rounded out
Chest:
 Broad, well curved and projecting forward
Back:
 Long gently slopping down with broad shoulders.
Wings:
 Long, well closed and covering the back.
Tail:
 Long, well closed, almost horizontal
Legs:
 Low position with long and well curved muff feathers and well developed hock feathers.
Feather:
 Well developed and lying close and not loose.
Colors:
 Black, red, yellow, blue,and, silver all with white bars or spangled. Blue and Silver also with dark bars or checkers. Blue and silver barless.
Color and Design:
 Blacks, reds and yellows to be glossy and rich as possible. Pure white bars; long, narrow and well separated. Blue and silver white bars have thin black edge. Spangles are triangular, pure white and evenly distributed as possible. Blue and silver spangles with thin black edging. The color feathers should be only on the wing shield and thumb feathers. The rest of the feathers are white including 8 to 10 pimary flight feathers. The red and yellows may have light fading on the end of the secondaries if the bars are pure.
Bad Faults:
 Weak body, drooping attitude, station to high, projecting, too short or much damaged muffs, narrow, sloping or capping position of crest, small or pinched nose crest or nose crest which covers the eye. Color in beak, dull or impure color rust or strong peppering in bars or spangles, very broad, short considerably crooked or broken bars, visible evidence of third bar, white flights between colored flights, more than two white or absence of colored thumb feathers, colored sides, thighs or back.
Order of evaluation:
 General impression - body form - color - markings - bars or spangling - muffs - crest and beak crest - eye and beak color.
Band size:
 11