Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Morocco Paratrooper Badge (in silvered

Morocco Paratrooper Badge (in silvered and gilt metal

the baton housed in a wooden box with a sliding lid

which made it robust and able to continue to operate with severe damage but could not help the members of this fateful crew

With signs of aging

and having served in the Second World War and the Korean war

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Morocco Paratrooper Badge (in silvered(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting 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 side clips to a backplate with a field grey wool liner (indicating Heer issue) and intact beige paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Orth, Vienna,