Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Buy Now 90 mm x 142 mm

90 mm x 142 mm

In gold with green and red enamels

issued in Bucharest

constructed of two-pieces of card stock with a faux red leather exterior liner

The decoration superseded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Buy Now 90 mm x 142 mm(Heer 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 all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner, without visible marks but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen,