Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Republic of with a white cotton backer

with a white cotton backer on the reverse

surrounded by the inscription "CENTRO MILITARE DI PARACADUTISMO" (Military Parachuting Centre) with branches of laurel leaves on either side

marked “20” (Fritz Zimmermann

Type IV (1914-1935): Silvered bronze

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Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Republic of with a white cotton backer(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of magnetic steel, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords overlaying a plane, situated above a date of 1942, and topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK with a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by log pillboxes, affixed with all four original attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate, retaining a field grey wool liner and intact black paper