It shows a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) wearing his formal dress uniform and an SA sports badge
(Heer Schirmmütze für Männer der Panzertruppe)
the obverse topped by Grohé’s letterhead
(Verkehrsaufsicht Armbinde)
He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (401235) on January 11
Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Newly Listed It shows a Gefreiter (Lance(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, 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 liner, without visible marks but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen,