Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A crowned enameled white four-armed

A crowned enameled white four-armed cross in bronze gilt

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147 mm x 207 mm)

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A crowned enameled white four-armed(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, attached with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and fully intact black paper backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 53. 65 mm (w) x 61. 66 mm (h), in near mint