Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Newly Listed 1904 as a Boy Artificer

1904 as a Boy Artificer with H

England (beginning in 1904)

1 Clasp - SEBASTOPOL

maker marked “Lauer Nürnberg” on obverse

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Newly Listed 1904 as a Boy Artificer(Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed with four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and black paper stock backer, the shield measuring 54. 02 mm (w) x 60. 97 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.