Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield Auction cardboard mounted

cardboard mounted

60 mm long needle pin

soiled and surface wear on the reverse

Alberta and Toronto

1st Class of the House Order of Henry the Lion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield Auction cardboard mounted(Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a raised map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, the reverse retaining one of four attachment prongs, securing the shield to a period original zink backer, unmarked, measuring 51. 79 mm (w) x 62. 02 mm (h), in addition to the missing prongs the shield has also lost its wool backer and