Germany, Wehrmacht. A Demjansk Shield, Heer Issue Newly Listed one ribbon inscribed "Preussischer Landes-Kriegerverband"

one ribbon inscribed "Preussischer Landes-Kriegerverband"

Measuring 330 mm (w) x 400 mm (h)

Hughes was injured while playing horseshoes in the rear of the Sergeant's Mess

loop for suspension marked “KO” (Königliches Münzamt Orden

the reverse dated “1879”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Demjansk Shield, Heer Issue Newly Listed one ribbon inscribed "Preussischer Landes-Kriegerverband"(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing raised crossed swords and a plane, above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, affixed to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 50. 70 mm (w) x 92. 48 mm (h), with some oxidation evident, in overall better than very fine