Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Missing Log Variant Auction Archive built in 1895

built in 1895

McKee was an Anglican and attended the Church of Saint John the Evangelist

Manea Manescu (August 9

are referenced on pages 171-175 in Uniforms and Traditions of the German Army 1933-1945

with “Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen” printed in black ink on the obverse

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Missing Log Variant Auction Archive built in 1895(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