Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue Auction the Order of the Indian

the Order of the Indian Empire formally became The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire and was divided into two classes: Knights Commander and Companions

Throughout 1940 and 1941

one on each side at the waist with fold over flaps

printed in gold-coloured ink with the Croatian maker mark "Radionica svih vrsti kapa J

He was documented in an article in the Ottawa Journal on November 30

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue Auction the Order of the Indian(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered feinzink, affixed with four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate and field grey wool twill backer, the obverse consisting of a shield with crossed swords, topped by a plane and above a raised date of 1942, in turn topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by log pillboxes, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 95 mm (w) x