Germany, Heer. A Cholm Shield, Relic Condition Hold Brigadier-General Gillespie died on 19

Brigadier-General Gillespie died on 19 January 1942

At last after many hopes and fears the day arrived and off I went to 'Blighty

75mm (small version)

leather tab with a very smooth-finished dark brown upper stitched in place on the underside at the right end

Torpedo School

Germany, Heer. A Cholm Shield, Relic Condition Hold Brigadier-General Gillespie died on 19(Heer Cholmschild). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching an Iron Cross defaced by a central swastika, situated above an inscription of CHOLM 1942, affixed with one intact reverse attachment prong to a field grey wool backer, unmarked, measuring 39. 64 mm (w) x 64. 50 mm (h), in addition to the missing prongs the shield demonstrates oxidation through which