Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Auction he began serving as a

he began serving as a gunner in the 2nd Heavy Battery and was hospitalized 11 months later for influenza

He died on December 6

with contact marks and residue in the recessed areas of the insignia

There were 832 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada who were imprisoned in prisoner of war camps in Hong Kong and Japan

The front of the sweatband over the visor has an additional reinforcing patch of deerskin leather stitched to the leather sweatband

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Auction he began serving as a(Heer Krimschield). 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, secured with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool reverse liner indicating Heer issue, the shield measuring 51. 76 mm (w) x 61. 32 mm (h), the reverse paper liner is