Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant Auction Archive Royal Navy and Royal Marines

Royal Navy and Royal Marines in recognition of service in the Crimea from 1854-1856 during the Crimean War

of Third Reich-period manufacture and featuring seven decorations

and France could export to Eastern Europe

circumscribed by a wreath

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant Auction Archive Royal Navy and Royal Marines(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, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact black paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variant