Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1 Transit Camp

1 Transit Camp

Berlin” and designer marked “Adolf Bock” on the reverse

an Oberschütze’s sleeve insignia

36 mm x 51

Tarawa 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1 Transit Camp(Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, 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 liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 38 mm (w) x 61. 75 mm (h), missing its reverse liner,