Germany. A Mint 1942 Issue Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Issue Krim Campaign Shield By Josef Feix Archive measuring 22 x 25 mm

measuring 22 x 25 mm

maker marked "LEGA" (Lega of Melbourne) and marked "STG

At evening the line held by the 6th Somersets appears to have been from a point about 250 yards in and from the western edge of Inverness Copse

with Hoch und Deutschmeister-Kreutz

he was presented with the Knight’s Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords

Germany. A Mint 1942 Issue Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Issue Krim Campaign Shield By Josef Feix Archive measuring 22 x 25 mmA textbook example of a Wehrmacht Heer Crimea Campaign shield rmelschild; in bronzed metal (magnetic); on a field grey wool backer; with a metal backer on the reverse and all four prongs intact behind a paper backing marked JFS 42 for Josef Feix & Shne and 1942 manufacture; measuring 64 mm (w) x 75 mm (h); with very faint signs of oxidation on the obverse on the left claw and left wing, but in overall mint and unissued condition.