Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden the baton housed in a

the baton housed in a wooden box with a sliding lid

which made it robust and able to continue to operate with severe damage but could not help the members of this fateful crew

With signs of aging

Constructed of a red cotton base

” measuring 35

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden the baton housed in a(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting 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 side clips to a backplate with a field grey wool liner (indicating Heer issue) and intact beige paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Orth, Vienna,