Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Auction Archive the insignia bearing a Royal

the insignia bearing a Royal monogram in the centre surrounded by a garter inscribed "PRO ARIS ET FOCIS"

minor loss evident on arms and centrepieces

He has been Principal of the Oldham Municipal School of Commerce for the last seventeen years

obverse engraver marked "PAUL WISSAERT"

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Auction Archive the insignia bearing a Royal(Heer 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 three reverse attachment prongs to a zink backplate with a field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, the reverse retaining an intact paper backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 66 mm (w) x 61. 80 mm (h),