Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Hold With a central raised sickle

With a central raised sickle and hammer

closing with four black bakelite buttons meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes

The remaining two-thirds of the album features fantastic wartime images of Waffen-SS personnel

both sides overlaid by white cotton discs measuring 90 mm in diameter

wearing the collar tabs of the SS-Pioniersturmbann (SS-VT Engineer Unit)

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Hold With a central raised sickle(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a 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 field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 33 mm (w) x 60. 94 mm (h), with oxidation and