Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Newly Listed He was to change the

He was to change the course of his career when on 17th October 1941 he flew with a 500lb bomb slung under the Hurricane fuselage

injuries and serious illnesses

(Infanterie-Regiment 31

reverse with a beaded circle around the inscription "WATCH AND BE SOBER"

overlaid by a Latin Cross in turn bearing a Bavarian checkered shield

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Newly Listed He was to change the(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