Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Type I (bronze gilt

Type I (bronze gilt

the album held together by an orange string fed through two holes with eyelets on the spine

she herself was attacked by four Anson (British) aircraft

Tarawa 1943

1 Transit Camp

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Type I (bronze gilt(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 indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 38 mm (w) x 61. 75 mm (h), missing its reverse liner,