Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Archive 2011" below

2011" below

one with a silvered metal maple leaf attached via a push pin overlaying the red leaf

he left for the 2nd Entrenchment Battalion on the 12th

He was taken on strength at the Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot from the 6th Reserve Battalion and On Command to Headquarters

The troops taking part in this expedition

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Archive 2011" below(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 and fully intact black paper stock backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 53. 44 mm (w) x 61. 52 mm (h),