Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Newly Listed 22 mm (h - inclusive

22 mm (h - inclusive of horizontally pierced ball suspension adorned by cross)

and a “Om” district mark for “Ostmark” (Austria)

with 38 pages of color plates inserted between pages 1 and 16

He later saw service in a post-war Europe in the mid 1950's before returing to Canada in 1959

measuring 87 mm x 29 mm

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Newly Listed 22 mm (h - inclusive(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, attached with all four reverse prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with an intact paper backer and field grey wool liner, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Karl Wurster,