Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of oak leaf design on the

oak leaf design on the ferrule and pommel

signed by Adjutant General Julian Dickenson and Commander in Chief R

306 tons during the war

The left breast pocket has a 36 mm x 43

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of oak leaf design on the(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