Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Auction Archive After the election of Gabriel

After the election of Gabriel Narutowicz as President of the Republic in December 1922

Excellent Order of the British Empire

the reverse depicting a Merit Cross

constructed of dark green wool with silver-grey machine embroidery

the reverse features a black enamelled eagle

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield Auction Archive After the election of Gabriel(Heer 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 three reverse attachment prongs to a non magnetic metal backplate with an intact paper backer and field grey wool liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 38 mm (w) x 61. 59 mm (h), weighing 61. 59 mm (h),