Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Archive This Department having been advised

This Department having been advised that the death of your son

Scattered silvering wear on the Machine Gunner Proficiency Badge

measuring 129 mm x 53 mm

For combatants

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Archive This Department having been advised(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a 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 reverse paper backer and field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 53. 50 mm (w) x 61. 18 mm