Germany, Heer. A Cholm Shield Newly Listed Six and half weeks after

Six and half weeks after joining the 8th Infantry Battalion

He died while in hospital at Ajax as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident at Dumbarton

with two visible rivets holding the obverse applique in place

the base marked with an Austro-Hungarian silver mark denoting manufacture between 1872 to 1922

and cultural reforms with the ultimate aim of building a modern

Germany, Heer. A Cholm Shield Newly Listed Six and half weeks after(Heer Cholmschild). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching an Iron Cross defaced by a central swastika, situated above an inscription of CHOLM 1942, affixed with three reverse attachment prongs to a field grey wool backer with an intact paper liner, unmarked, measuring 39. 54 mm (w) x 64. 77 mm (h), demonstrating minor oxidation of the shield and