Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Newly Listed injuries and serious illnesses

injuries and serious illnesses

overlaid by a Latin Cross in turn bearing a Bavarian checkered shield

maker marked lm (presumably Lind & Meyer

reverse with a beaded circle around the inscription "WATCH AND BE SOBER"

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Newly Listed injuries and serious illnesses(Luftwaffe Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with an intact wax paper backer and dark grey wool liner indicating Luftwaffe issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 54. 98 mm (w) x 61. 93 mm