Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Auction Archive Schwäbisch-Gmund”

Schwäbisch-Gmund”

both without ribbons)

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 - typical cross by maker Klein & Quenzer

and described as such

1941 as Colonel and Commander of Infantry Regiment 80

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Auction Archive Schwäbisch-Gmund”(Luftwaffe 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 dark grey wool liner indicating Luftwaffe issue, the reverse training a fully intact black paper liner, the shield measuring