Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Issue Krim Shield, by an Unknown Maker visually-hidden hinges intact and functional

hinges intact and functional

the obverse bearing a crowned and wreathed coat of arms of Savoy

blue enameled surround with Gold laurels

Glazed Whiteware plate with blue transfer print bearing German “Mit Gott Für Kaiser und Reich 1914” (translation: With God for Emperor and Empire 1914) and imagine a soldier on horseback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Issue Krim Shield, by an Unknown Maker visually-hidden hinges intact and functional(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of a 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 deep green wool liner, the shield measuring 52. 4 mm (w) x 61. 1 mm (h), the wool liner and backplate previously replaced with