Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Auction Archive of Freedom

of Freedom

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 - typical cross by maker Klein & Quenzer

a component of the 2nd Balloon Wing on the Western Front

both without ribbons)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Auction Archive of Freedom(Luftwaffe 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 dark grey wool liner indicating Luftwaffe issue, the reverse training a fully intact black paper liner, the shield measuring