Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of 8 mm (w) x 24

8 mm (w) x 24 mm (h)

on a 52 mm long pin

oak leaf design on the ferrule and pommel

set on a 60 mm-long zink bar with a horizontal pinback and maroon wool reverse liner

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of 8 mm (w) x 24(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