Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield certificate_of_authenticity and then in several columns

and then in several columns

Military Writing

flanked by acanthus leaves on both sides

entitled to wear the War Service Badge

125 mm x 280 mm

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield certificate_of_authenticity and then in several columns(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a 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 indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 30 mm (w) x 61. 87 mm (h), with most of the bronze finish lost, in overall