Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue certificate_of_authenticity unmarked but textbook badge by

unmarked but textbook badge by maker "H

it is bordered at the top and bottom in standard seven horizontally oven strands

Constructed of a field-grey wool backer

"L" Pin: silver gilt and enamels

the cufftitle measures 16" (40cm) long

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue certificate_of_authenticity unmarked but textbook badge by(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered feinzink, affixed with four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate and field grey wool twill backer, the obverse consisting of a shield with crossed swords, topped by a plane and above a raised date of 1942, in turn topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by log pillboxes, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 95 mm (w) x