Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue Auction with padded backing

with padded backing

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Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue Auction with padded backing(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered feinzink, affixed with four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate and field grey wool twill backer, the obverse consisting of a shield with crossed swords, topped by a plane and above a raised date of 1942, in turn topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by log pillboxes, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 95 mm (w) x