Germany, Heer. A Krim Campaign Shield Auction Archive incorporating many smaller Freikorps organizations

incorporating many smaller Freikorps organizations

engraver marked "Scheürich" below the pig at the right

A mint Hermann Göring Division Luftwaffe eagle

becoming Commander of Jagdstaffel (Fighter Wing) 2 in the rank of Hauptmann (Captain) on August 10

We met with no resistance and finally emerged into an open cornfield

Germany, Heer. A Krim Campaign Shield Auction Archive incorporating many smaller Freikorps organizations(Krimschild). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a raised map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed to a field grey wool patch, the reverse with a zink backplate, with three of four reverse attachment prongs intact, measuring 52 mm (w) x 62 mm (h), in very fine condition.