Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Hold 9A aircraft in an open

9A aircraft in an open field

at an unknown date

Order of Civil Merit

very light crazing evident in the red patination on the star point at 5 o'clock

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Hold 9A aircraft in an open(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing 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 reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 33 mm (w) x 60. 94 mm (h), with oxidation and