Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield Silver Cigarette Case GTRexclude Willis-O'Connor was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel

Willis-O'Connor was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on May 21

(Ehrenkreuz des Weltkriegs 1914/1918)

obverse ricasso maker marked "WILKINSON SWORD CO

Hill was buried in the Denain Communal Cemetery

Under the liner (P

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield Silver Cigarette Case GTRexclude Willis-O'Connor was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel(Zigarettenetui). Constructed of silver, the exterior bearing stamped geometric and floral designs, the obverse with initials AJ flanked by a period original Krim Shield, constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, consisting of a shield bearing a map of the Crimean Peninsula and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, the interior features an additional etched map of Crimea, above an