Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield Auction Belgium: Croix de Guerre (War

Belgium: Croix de Guerre (War Cross) 1940 with Bronze Palm (bronze

hours in advance of the approaching bomber streams

leadership or command in battle

making sporadic attacks over the Suez Canal Zone

he was member of the Great War Veterans' Association of Canada

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield Auction Belgium: Croix de Guerre (War(Krimschild). Constructed of bronze 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, the latter flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed to a zink backplate with all four reverse attachment prongs intact, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 86 mm (w) x 62. 00 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.