Campaign & Commemorative Awards

Here we have a Heer Krimschild (Army Crimean Shield) by Unknown Maker 1.24! I just realized this piece is held together with scotch tape. The Krim Campaign Arm Shield was instituted on July 25th 1942 by Adolf Hitler. It was awarded to commemorate all members (Air Force, Navy and Army) who took part in an honorable way of fighting for the Crimean ... Read and See More

Here’s a nice looking piece by Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid! The Krim shield was awarded to all military personnel under the command of Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein who fought against Soviet Russian forces and captured the Crimea region (Krim in German) between 21 September 1941 and 4 July 1942. It is constructed out of a die stamped zinc sheet metal base that ... Read and See More

Here’s one straight from the Vet’s family! This Krim Arm Shield is made of a piece of bronze, sheet metal that has been dies struck and pinned to a portion of green wool and has a glued brown paper backing to it. It depicts a German eagle, clutching a wreathed swastika in its talons, beside ?1941? and ?1942? and is ... Read and See More

A beautiful Army issued Kuban Campaign Arm Shield! The Kuban Shield was awarded to those who fought to preserve the bridgeheads in the Kuban region from February 1943 until they were abandoned in October. It is constructed out of die stamped bronze base that has been bronze washed and attached with prongs to a steel sheet metal plate hidden by field ... Read and See More

A beautiful Army issued Kuban Campaign Arm Shield! The Kuban Shield was awarded to those who fought to preserve the bridgeheads in the Kuban region from February 1943 until they were abandoned in October. It is constructed out of die stamped bronze base that has been bronze washed and attached with prongs to a steel sheet metal plate hidden by field ... Read and See More

A beauty Kuban Arm Shield here! It is constructed out of die stamped, sheet metal base that has been bronze washed and attached by side prongs to a steel plate hidden by green wool and a glued paper backing. The obverse depicts an open winged national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika in its talons, surrounded by “1943” (19 – left, 43 – right) and above ... Read and See More

Here’s a nice example of an arm shield! It is made out of a die stamped piece of steel that has been silver washed, and a green wool backing applied. The obverse depicts to the top a closed winged national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika in its talons beside two fortified bunkers, and is above "Demjansk". Below "Demjansk", is ... Read and See More

Always nice to come across a gold navy one! The Narkvik Shield was awarded to all German forces that took honorable part in the battles of Narvik between 9 April and 8 June 1940. It is constructed out of die stamped zinc base that has been gold gilded. The shield shaped obverse depicts a closed winged national eagle clutching a wreathed static swastika ... Read and See More

A fine Anschluss Commemorative Medal. It is constructed out of a die struck alloy base that has been silver washed. The obverse depicts two unclothed men (one has a chain around his right wrist, the other is holding an NSDAP flag on a pole) that are standing on a pedestal that shows a German national eagle. The reverse reads: “13. Marz 1938 ... Read and See More

A complete piece! The Sudetenland medal was awarded to all German military personnel who participated in the occupation of Sudetenland and the occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. It is constructed out of a die stamped tombak base that has been bronze washed. The round shaped obverse depicts two unclothed men (one has a chain around his right wrist, the other ... Read and See More

A great example! The Sudetenland medal was awarded to all German military personnel who participated in the occupation of Sudetenland and the occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939.It is constructed out of a die struck tombak base that has been bronze washed. The obverse depicts two unclothed men (one has a chain around his right wrist, the other is holding ... Read and See More

Here we have a Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42! This was awarded to individuals who served on the German Eastern Front during 15 November 1941 to 15 April 1942. It is constructed out of a die struck zinc-alloy base that has been silver washed, blackened and lacquered. The round shaped obverse depicts the early national closed winged eagle clutching a stagnant swastika in its talons, ... Read and See More

Here we have an Eastern Front Medal! This was awarded to individuals who served on the German Eastern Front during 15 November 1941 to 15 April 1942. It is constructed out of a die struck zinc-alloy base that has been silver washed, blackened and lacquered. The round shaped obverse depicts the early national closed winged eagle clutching a stagnant swastika in its talons, in ... Read and See More

Here we have a die struck, zinc based, gold gilded example. The obverse depicts a centrally placed flower with a leaf wreath and rope pattern, over a sunburst star. The reverse shows a flatwire catch, block hinge and coke bottle pin. All are in well working condition. The pin is magnetic. There is some zinc powdering and about 10% of the ... Read and See More

A nice group! The West Wall medal was awarded to those who designed, built, fortified or served at Germany’s western borders. The award is constructed out of a die struck zinc-alloy base that has been bronze washed. The oval shaped obverse features an embossed profile of a German National eagle, with out-stretched wings clutching a wreathed swastika in its ... Read and See More

Here we have a Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen by Friedrich Orth, Wein! What Friedrich Orth that’s not right?! L15 is an LDO number. Nope not this one, Friedrich Orth made a factory error when the LDO #’s came into effect and used their Prasidialkanzlei with an L in front of it (no slash). I have owned/seen several of these (with ... Read and See More