Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield United Republic of This is a first pattern

This is a first pattern National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) Crash Helmet

Footnote: The star was instituted in 1929 by Mohammed Nadir Khan and awarded to officers who had been involved in the defeat of Bacha-i-Saqao (Habibullah Kalakani)

of the Medal of Honor or the French Médaille Militaire who served in France or French possessions during the First World War of the Second World War

traced to his injuries at St

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield United Republic of This is a first pattern(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of stamped silvered zink, the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a log pillbox on either side, above an inscription of DEMJANSK, with a frontal view of a single propeller plane overlaid by two crossed swords, with a bottom date of 1942, set on a field grey Heer (Army) wool background, the reverse with all four attachment prongs intact, measuring 58 mm (w) x 102 mm (h