Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield Auction inside covers with a gold-coloured

inside covers with a gold-coloured wash

the reverse unused and bearing marks indicating issue by the Vaterländischen Frauenverein

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield Auction inside covers with a gold-coloured(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 indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 38 mm (w) x 61. 75 mm (h), missing its reverse liner,