Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield GTRexclude ” (“OUR HIGHLY HONOURED COMMANDER/OFFICER

” (“OUR HIGHLY HONOURED COMMANDER/OFFICER CORPS 4TH COMPANY OF THE 34TH  FÜSILIER BATAILLON”)

with six wheat stalks

page 455: "For conspicuous gallantry in action

Award certificate of bronze bravery medal in German & Croatian

(AKA Commemorative Medal for the Albanian Retreat) In silvered bronze with green enamels

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield GTRexclude ” (“OUR HIGHLY HONOURED COMMANDER/OFFICER(Krimschild). Constructed of bronze, 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 zink backplate covered with a field grey paper backer and field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 00 mm (w) x 61. 95 mm (h), with sporadic