Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, By Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by a green enameled

surrounded by a green enameled laurel wreath with a blue enameled vertical sword

A bronze gilt Seipel’s cross with dark red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse

17th of July 1943

then returning to HMCS Shearwater in March 1957

measuring 28 mm (w) x 58

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, By Josef Feix & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by a green enameled(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting 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, attached with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, the reverse retaining a partially intact black paper liner bearing the makers mark