Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Heer Issue Hold An Iron Cross 1st Class

An Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 by Carl Dillenius - Iron core with silver frame

showing minor surface wear

Edgar out of Portsmouth ("borne in Royal Arthur") on February 18

a red wool backer

with the arms of the cross inscribed “Für die Jahre 1813 und 1814” (For the years 1813 and 1814)

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Heer Issue Hold An Iron Cross 1st Class(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 four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 73 mm (w) x 62. 02 mm (h), with minor loss of finish evident to the shield, in overall