Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Archive 2011" below

2011" below

one with a silvered metal maple leaf attached via a push pin overlaying the red leaf

he left for the 2nd Entrenchment Battalion on the 12th

monogram of King Albert I in gold-coloured ink on the lid

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Archive 2011" below(Luftwaffe 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 dark grey wool liner and fully intact black paper stock backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 53. 44 mm (w) x 61. 52 mm (h),