Germany, Luftwaffe. A Demjansk Shield GTRexclude Leather dog tag impressed HIGHAM

Leather dog tag impressed HIGHAM

Instituted on 24 February 1928

Footnote: The Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First is the highest order of the Russian Orthodox Church

marked "Cattaraugus 225 Q" on the ricasso

Ld” for manufacture by “Garrad & Co

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Demjansk Shield GTRexclude Leather dog tag impressed HIGHAM(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