Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield Auction Archive Holler of Solingen”

Holler of Solingen”

Removal of glasses before donning the respirator meant that soldiers with poor vision were unable to respond to enemy attacks

29 1941" in italic capitals on the inside front cover

the flap on the left side held up with a black metal hook

2nd Class Medal (silvered zinc

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield Auction Archive Holler of Solingen”(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of stamped silvered zink, the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a log pillbox on either side, above an inscription of DEMJANSK, with a frontal view of a single propeller plane overlaid by two crossed swords, with a bottom date of 1942, set on a field grey Heer (Army) wool background, the reverse with all four attachment prongs intact, measuring 58 mm (w) x 102 mm (h