Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Auction Archive inscribed “Per Aspera Ad Astra”

inscribed “Per Aspera Ad Astra” (Latin - Through Thick to the Light) in golden lettering

the reverse of the inner flap bearing dual brown leather straps forming a belt loop

he was part of the Evacuation Force

The division was then sent to Romania and Bulgaria in early 1941

Katherine Stewart of Rochelle

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Auction Archive inscribed “Per Aspera Ad Astra”(Krimschild fr Panzertruppe). Constructed of a bronzed alloy, the obverse consisitng 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 black wool liner and intact black paper stock backer, the shield measuring 52. 05 mm (w) x 62. 03 mm (h), in extremely fine