Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Hold marked "AB" and hallmarked

marked "AB" and hallmarked

III Class Knight (Ordre du Mérite Combattant

DSO (October 13

promoted to Lieutenant on March 1

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Hold marked "AB" and hallmarked(Krimschild fr Panzertruppe). Constructed of a bronzed alloy, the obverse consisitng 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 a black wool liner and intact black paper stock backer, the shield measuring 52. 05 mm (w) x 62. 03 mm (h), in extremely fine