Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Archive All certificates are named to

All certificates are named to Unteroffizier (NCO) Ludwig Edmaier of the 5th Company of Artillery Regiment 7 (only the Eastern Front Medal certificate doesn’t give a unit)

Early good quality

He is on record as having been Absent Without Leave (AWOL) on November 24

and shall emulate those who are so fortunate as to be still in the grand and glorious old Army of the best Queen whoever sat on England’s throne

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Archive All certificates are named to(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, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner (indicating Heer issue) and replacement black paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics