Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Heer Issue GTRexclude but the book also includes

but the book also includes higher end awards issued by Great Britain

participating in the blockade of the Elbe in 1848 and the blockade of the Kiel Fjord in 1849 while still a Cadet

ring marked EW

interestingly field fitted with a heavy replacement German half zipper with leather pull tab

lid bearing the crowned cypher of King Victor Emmanuel III in gold-coloured ink

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Heer Issue GTRexclude but the book also includes(Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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 field grey wool backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 73 mm (w) x 62. 02 mm (h), with minor loss of finish evident to the shield, in overall