Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield GTRexclude Germany (Hessen): Military Long Service

Germany (Hessen): Military Long Service Cross

Footnote: Otto Meyer was born on 23 December 1912 in Moldenit

obverse centre presenting three concentric circles

A 1937 “70 Jahre Vaterländischer Frauenverein vom Roten Kreuz” badge (11

and flanked on each side by ventilation holes reinforced by non-magnetic metal eyelets

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield GTRexclude Germany (Hessen): Military Long Service(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 covered with a layer of black leatherette paper and with a field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 60