Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Newly Listed fronted by three furled flags

fronted by three furled flags with laurel wreaths at the top of each flagpole

(Verkehrsaufsicht Armbinde)

His Section has very often been under most heavy shell fire and has had a large number of casualties

It shows a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) wearing his formal dress uniform and an SA sports badge

30 mm x 54

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Newly Listed fronted by three furled flags(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner, without visible marks but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen,