Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Third Class with Geneva Cross

Third Class with Geneva Cross - (1872-74)

with a surmounting grenade

34 mm x 34 mm

(Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen von Arnim Foto)

Constructed of interwoven green and white threaded cords

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Third Class with Geneva Cross(Heer Demjanskschild). Constructed of magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised pair of crossed swords, overlaying a plane and situated above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a Heer style German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by log pillboxes, retaining an original field grey wool liner, magnetic metal backplate, and grey paper backer, unmarked, the shield