Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Auction Across the obverse is a

Across the obverse is a scroll inscribed "Sangue Do Brasil" (Blood of Brazil)

the centerpiece with a maker’s mark between the twelve and three o’clock arns of “G

While in hospital at Etaples

surrounded by the motto LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693

(Bruststern zum Verdienstkreuz des Ordens vom Deutschen Adler)

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Auction Across the obverse is a(Krimschild fr Panzertruppe). Constructed of a bronzed alloy, the obverse consisitng 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 a black wool liner and intact black paper stock backer, the shield measuring 52. 05 mm (w) x 62. 03 mm (h), in extremely fine