Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Hold intact wire

intact wire

the light blue representative of the 3rd Canadian Division

Quebec when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 117th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Grenadier Guards / Eastern Township Battalion"

marked "AB" and hallmarked

England (note: the British Columbia Vital Statistics Death Registration states his date of birth as June 20

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Hold intact wire(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