Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield United Republic of mounted on a standard buckram

mounted on a standard buckram core backing

the protruding tab trimmed in a 16 mm wide band of finely braided ribbon fabricated from silvered bullion wire with black threading

measuring 46 mm x 40 mm

Eleven Royal Canadian Legion Lapel Pins: Meritorious Service Medal Recipient

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield United Republic of mounted on a standard buckram(Demjanskschild). Constructed of stamped magnetic sheet metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords, overlaying a plane and situated above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by log pillboxes, affixed with four side clips to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact black paper backer,