Germany, Luftwaffe. A Demjansk Shield Newly Listed and the objective of an

and the objective of an important battle between Canadian and German forces

with a full length of original sash

the reverse enamelled in the same style

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Germany, Luftwaffe. A Demjansk Shield Newly Listed and the objective of an(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised plane overlaid by a pair of crossed swords, above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and dual log pillboxes flanked a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a zink backplate with grey wool liner indicating Luftwaffe issue, retaining a partially intact