Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield United Republic of reverse illustrates Death in the

reverse illustrates Death in the form of a skeleton

silvering wear on the raised ridges on the obverse and on the reverse

small chip in the enamels above the "T" in "NATIONAL" on the centrepiece ring

leather tab with a suede-like finished light brown upper and raw underside stitched in place to the underside of the belt on the left end

Maltese cross with crossed swords on the top arm of the cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield United Republic of reverse illustrates Death in the(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of stamped silvered zink, the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a log pillbox on either side, above an inscription of DEMJANSK, with a frontal view of a single propeller plane overlaid by two crossed swords, with a bottom date of 1942, set on a field grey Heer (Army) wool background, the reverse with all four attachment prongs intact, measuring 58 mm (w) x 102 mm (h