Description
He is entitled to medals for the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny
fought between January 29 and 31
maker marked “30” for the Vienna Mint
minor chipping evident in the red enamels on the arm at 12 o'clock on the reverse
front panel with a printed and celluloid Third Army insignia inside a scalloped magnetic gold-colored frame mounted to the base
Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Newly Listed He is entitled to medals(Heer Krimschield). Constructed of bronzed magnetic 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 dates 1941 1942, secured with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool reverse liner indicating Heer issue, the shield measuring 51. 76 mm (w) x 61. 32 mm (h), the reverse paper liner is