Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Archive used onboard Kriegsmarine surface vessels

used onboard Kriegsmarine surface vessels

but one of her main hobbies was foreign travel

wear evident along the top edge

the obverse with a gilded half-wreath of laurel leaves on the right

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Archive used onboard Kriegsmarine surface vessels(Heer 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 attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a black leatherette backer and field grey wool twill liner, without visible marks, measuring 50. 96 mm (w) x 60. 73 mm (h), demonstrating