Germany, Heer. A Krim Campaign Shield Auction Archive maker marked "WHITEHEAD & HOAG"

maker marked "WHITEHEAD & HOAG" on the reverse

and City of Hartford Colt Park Medal 1925 (bronze gilt

IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT WAR

" (Rudolf Richter

1915 and not only revealed that he was married but that he had four boys

Germany, Heer. A Krim Campaign Shield Auction Archive maker marked "WHITEHEAD & HOAG"(Krimschild). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a raised map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed to a field grey wool patch, the reverse with a zink backplate, with three of four reverse attachment prongs intact, measuring 52 mm (w) x 62 mm (h), in very fine condition.