Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Auction Archive with its bow overlaid by

with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid-flight and clutching a mobile swastika in its talons

which had originally been destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad

dual ball finials on each arm

Friedrich Heilingbrunner

(Uniform Abzeichen)

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Auction Archive with its bow overlaid by(Heer Demjanskschild). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords, overlaying a plane and situated above a raised date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by log pillboxes, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact