Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Heer Issue United Republic of and the 6th Reserve Battalion

and the 6th Reserve Battalion

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

maker marked “RZM 45” on reverse

By the time he was 36

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Heer Issue United Republic of and the 6th Reserve Battalion(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