Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Hold weighing 420 grams and measuring

weighing 420 grams and measuring 25 mm x 915 mm

and the name of the city of Worms

the cap is fully surrounded by fold-down side panels

double-sided German national eagle

North Russian Expeditionary Force listing recipient's service

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Hold weighing 420 grams and measuring(Heer Demjanskschild). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords, overlaying a plane and situated above a raised date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by log pillboxes, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact