Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed to form a new service

to form a new service (the first of its kind in the world)

both treads have been lost to time

flanked by the dates "1945" and "1946"

He was later attached to the 3rd Brigade as an Orderly in November 1915

One year after receiving his commission

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Wilhelm Deumer Newly Listed to form a new service(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic sheet metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dated 1941 1942, the reverse with all four attachment prongs connecting to an original magnetic metal backplate with a replacement green wool liner and black paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture