Germany, Heer. A Pair of Eastern Front Campaign Shields Republic of issued in Berlin o n20

issued in Berlin o n20 October 1939

the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned Bavarian lion within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt in Gold numbers

He was sent to the Canadian Concentration Camp at Kinmel Park on January 13

It is written in English and was probably filled out upon Backhausen’s capture by Allied forces

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Germany, Heer. A Pair of Eastern Front Campaign Shields Republic of issued in Berlin o n20(Heer rmelschilder). A pair of Eastern Front campaign shields, including: 1. A Krim Shield, 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, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs, affixing the shield to a zink backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact light brown paper