Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield GTRexclude the interior of the lid

the interior of the lid is lined with off-white padded silk and is embossed with “Spink & Son Ltd” in black ink

1881 - November 1

(Ordinul "Ferdinand I")

by artist Alfred Schwarz (1867–1951)

red exterior

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield GTRexclude the interior of the lid(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords, situated over a plane and above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK, culminating in a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked on each side by log pillboxes, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to an oval magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner