Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield Auction Archive 29 1941" in italic capitals

29 1941" in italic capitals on the inside front cover

With a clear celluloid moisture shield

A fine example of a War Merit Cross First Class with Swords “Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1

Canadian Army Medical Corps

without screwbacks)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield Auction Archive 29 1941" in italic capitals(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of stamped silvered zink, the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a log pillbox on either side, above an inscription of DEMJANSK, with a frontal view of a single propeller plane overlaid by two crossed swords, with a bottom date of 1942, set on a field grey Heer (Army) wool background, the reverse with all four attachment prongs intact, measuring 58 mm (w) x 102 mm (h