Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Heer Issue United Republic of issued to Kurt Regitz on

issued to Kurt Regitz on 5 July 1941

By the time he was 36

two Royal Canadian Air Force Cap Badges (in bronze gilt

Canadian Mounted Rifles) and marked in black ink "COYNE" and "K

Contained in a fitted brown leather case with beige stitching

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Heer Issue United Republic of issued to Kurt Regitz on(Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting 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 field grey wool backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 73 mm (w) x 62. 02 mm (h), with minor loss of finish evident to the shield, in overall