Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Archive For combatants

For combatants

This Department having been advised that the death of your son

Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg became the head of the Transport Troops Inspectorate and in 1927 he began training the transport officers in the theories of armored warfare

Scattered silvering wear on the Machine Gunner Proficiency Badge

Footnote: Stanley Albion Perks was born on August 30

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Archive For combatants(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