Damascus (September 12th))
emboss stamped with the eagle and "Meine Ehre heisst Treue" (Loyalty is My Honour) SS insignia below
with three additional papers inside
In hardshelled case of issue
Lieutenant Colonel Gladenko on January 30
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield Archive Damascus (September 12th))(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of stamped iron (magnetic), the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a log pillbox on either side, above an inscription of DEMJANSK, with a frontal view of a single propeller plane overlaid by two crossed swords, with a bottom date of 1942, set on a field grey Heer (Army) wool background, the reverse with all four attachment prongs intact, measuring 58 mm (w) x 102 mm