Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude official national hallmark (used between

official national hallmark (used between 1934 and 1944)

The Memorial Cross of Pte

Flanking the image is an inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT” (“IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME”)

measuring 24 mm (w) x 27

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude official national hallmark (used between(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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 zink backplate with a field grey wool liner and mostly intact black paper backer, the shield measuring 51. 50 mm (w) x 61. 91 mm (h), unmarked but demonstrating the