Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant, Refurbished Example Buy Now An officially made but unawarded

An officially made but unawarded silver eight point star with clusters of smooth rays

It measures 260 mm (w) x 290 mm x 158 mm (h)

with a red wool backer and a horizontal ribbon bar pinback

anti-communist and anti-semitic political party with whom he had ties dating back to the previous decade

the strap unmarked and measuring 46 mm (w) x 110 mm (l)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant, Refurbished Example Buy Now An officially made but unawarded(Luftwaffe Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic sheet 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), affixed with four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backer with a replacement dark grey wool liner and black paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variant