Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Newly Listed he travelled to Great Britain

he travelled to Great Britain at his own expense and volunteered for the Royal Flying Corps

measuring 35 mm (w) x 75 ½ mm (h)

the obverse maker marked “C

measuring 123 mm (w) x 42 mm (h))

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Newly Listed he travelled to Great Britain(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, secured with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool reverse liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 40 mm (w) x 61. 40 mm (h), with oxidation