Germany, Luftwaffe. A Demjansk Shield Newly Listed the reverse enamelled in the

the reverse enamelled in the same style

which had hosted it in 1928

missing one attachment claw

and the objective of an important battle between Canadian and German forces

in good quality case of issue

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Demjansk Shield Newly Listed the reverse enamelled in the(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised plane overlaid by a pair of crossed swords, above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and dual log pillboxes flanked a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a zink backplate with grey wool liner indicating Luftwaffe issue, retaining a partially intact