Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield certificate_of_authenticity court mounted with swing bar

court mounted with swing bar pinback and matching ribbon bar

measuring 82 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

topped by an integral loop with a suspension ring

measuring 43 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

twenty-four days shy of his nineteenth birthday

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield certificate_of_authenticity court mounted with swing bar(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