Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Auction Belgian News agency officially stamped

Belgian News agency officially stamped in blue ink "SERVICE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE / AGENCE TELEGRAPHIQUE BELGE S

a fate suffered by his close friend and fellow ace Hans-Joachim Marseille just four weeks before

The response was truly overwhelming

measuring 63 mm (w) x 120 mm (h)

the three aircraft reached Kano

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Auction Belgian News agency officially stamped(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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 zink backplate with a field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 30 mm (w) x 61. 87 mm (h), with most of the bronze finish lost, in overall