Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China constructed of a heavy card

constructed of a heavy card stock binding with a faux dark blue leatherette exterior liner

First Published in 1908

Wien” as well as with a star on the cross and on the loop

both swastika and circle edged by yellow celleon threads

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China constructed of a heavy card(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, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs, with a zink backplate, field grey wool liner (indicating Heer issue), and partially intact paper liner, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm