Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Archive All certificates are named to

All certificates are named to Unteroffizier (NCO) Ludwig Edmaier of the 5th Company of Artillery Regiment 7 (only the Eastern Front Medal certificate doesn’t give a unit)

06 mm (w) x 58

below the figures is a German National eagle with open wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Early good quality

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Archive All certificates are named to(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 (indicating Heer issue) and replacement black paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics