Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Archive 78 mm x 238 mm

78 mm x 238 mm

two in the value of 4 Reichsmarks

along with the London Gazette announcement and its date of publication stated

maker marked “JFS” (for Josef Feix Söhne

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Archive 78 mm x 238 mm(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 covered with a layer of black leatherette paper and with a field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 60