Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Auction Archive when he was wounded during

when he was wounded during an aerial combat and invalided back to Britain

It completes with a gilded bronze pommel in the form of a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika

with a six-handled ship's wheel and a fleur-de-lis below

with minor toned silver in the tips

Norway: (JARNKROSS-RIKSPOLITIETS HEDERSTEGN) Three-piece construction

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Auction Archive when he was wounded during(Luftwaffe Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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 with an intact wax paper backer and dark grey wool liner indicating Luftwaffe issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 54. 98 mm (w) x 61. 93 mm