Germany, Heer. A Krim Campaign Shield Auction Archive After thirteen months

After thirteen months

The interior bears an etched maker’s mark of “ET” for Eisenhüttenwerk Thale

We met with no resistance and finally emerged into an open cornfield

A group of postcards

engraver marked "Scheürich" below the pig at the right

Germany, Heer. A Krim Campaign Shield Auction Archive After thirteen months(Krimschild). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a raised map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed to a field grey wool patch, the reverse with a zink backplate, with three of four reverse attachment prongs intact, measuring 52 mm (w) x 62 mm (h), in very fine condition.