Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Missing Log Variant Newly Listed M O’DONNELL

M O’DONNELL

opening to reveal a transparent celluloid interior cover which accommodates the award document for the Honour Cross of the World War

000 retreating Germans

LAUER NÜRNBERG"

constructed of silvered bronze with enamels and glass gems

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Missing Log Variant Newly Listed M O’DONNELL(Heer Demjanskschild). Constructed of magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised pair of crossed swords, overlaying a plane and situated above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a Heer style German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by log pillboxes, retaining an original field grey wool liner, magnetic metal backplate, and grey paper backer, unmarked, the shield