he was evacuated to France on August 28th and admitted to hospital at the Mediterranean port of Marseilles on the 29th
It is stamped in black ink with a large left-facing eagle standing upon a oak leaf wreathed swastika insignia on the front and "H
flanked by the crowned Royal cypher at the left
1798 was celebrated in a novel manner by his prize agent
Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (bronzed
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield GTRexclude he was evacuated to France(Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, the obverse bearing a shield with 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 zink backplate with a dark grey wool liner indicating Luftwaffe issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 60 mm (w) x 60. 48 mm (h), in overall near extremely fine condition.