Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield visually-hidden M [indecipherable] KISZEL”

M [indecipherable] KISZEL”

By the time he was transferred to King's Canadian Red Cross Hospital at Bushy Park on November 2

the reverse maker marked “E

worn on original ribbon which is sewn closed at the top

on loop for suspension from its period original mounted ribbon with horizontal pinback and Luftwaffe clasp

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield visually-hidden M [indecipherable] KISZEL”(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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 three reverse attachment prongs to a non magnetic metal backplate with an intact paper backer and field grey wool liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 38 mm (w) x 61. 59 mm (h), weighing 61. 59 mm (h),