Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cholm Shield Archive / СЪ КОРОНА" in gold-coloured

/ СЪ КОРОНА" in gold-coloured ink

24 and is commemorated on page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

and on February 22

with suspended nameplate engraved "VETERAN 1939-45)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cholm Shield Archive / СЪ КОРОНА" in gold-coloured(Cholmschild). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching an Iron Cross, situated above an inscription of CHOLM 1942, unmarked, measuring 39. 62 mm (w) x 65. 29 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, moderate surface oxidation is evident throughout and all three reverse attachment prongs are missing, the latter resulting in the loss of the shields backplate and branch determining wool liner,