Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant Auction COY 4th BATT RIFLE BDE)

COY 4th BATT RIFLE BDE)

After a series of heroic acts by him and his fellow pilots

stabbed them and chucked them out the window onto garden manure heaps

with soiling evident in selected areas on the exterior and throughout the interior

this scarce cap is in an overall extremely fine condition

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant Auction COY 4th BATT RIFLE BDE)(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic sheet metal, the obverse consisting of a stylized map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact black paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by an unknown maker as documents in The Krim Shield, Sascha