Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield United Republic of measuring 80 mm (w) x

measuring 80 mm (w) x 121 mm (h)

14225 Flying Officer Arthur Edmond Franklin

with one larger diamond in the centre and sixteen inset smaller diamonds forming the cannon's wheel

surrounded by the inscription "COMANDO GEN

35th Tank Battalion (silvered bronze with red and green enamels

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield United Republic of measuring 80 mm (w) x(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 four reverse attachment prongs to a zink backplate with an intact black paper backer and field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, the shield measuring 52. 63 mm (w) x 61. 81 mm (h), demonstrating moderate