Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Republic of Embroidered shoulder patch

Embroidered shoulder patch

lovely patina and minimal wear

with ball finials on the tip of each ray

He served with the Norfolk Regiment for five years in England before coming to Canada and enlisted with the Canadian Garrison Artillery on October 29

along with other conflicts

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Republic of Embroidered shoulder patch(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords, situated over a plane and above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK, culminating in a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked on each side by log pillboxes, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to an oval magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner