Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Auction measuring 120 mm (w) x

measuring 120 mm (w) x 230 mm (h)

an Index of Cloth Insignia (all of which have been reproduced at half actual size

three and a half weeks shy of his thirtieth birthday

Queen's Crown Pilot Badge

Silver Medal bearing 1914-1918 on obverse with bust of King George V on reverse

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Auction measuring 120 mm (w) x(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of magnetic steel, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords overlaying a plane, situated above a date of 1942, and topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK with a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by log pillboxes, affixed with all four original attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate, retaining a field grey wool liner and intact black paper