Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield GTRexclude with a very sharp edge

with a very sharp edge and a very sharp tip

six-tongued leather liner

89 mm x 54

along with some surface wear

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield GTRexclude with a very sharp edge(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of a bronzed zink alloy, 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 and intact black paper backer, the shield measuring 54. 65 mm (w) x 62. 02 mm (h), demonstrating minor loss of