Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield GTRexclude Footnote: The White Cross Order

Footnote: The White Cross Order of the Home Guard was instituted on June 19

Centrepiece insignia in bronze gilt with red

Initially called the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps

Anne's Veteran's Hospital in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield GTRexclude Footnote: The White Cross Order(Luftwaffe Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a 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 attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with an intact paper backer and dark grey wool liner indicating Luftwaffe issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 38 mm (w) x 61. 48 mm (h), in extremely fine