Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Auction Archive inscribed “Per Aspera Ad Astra”

inscribed “Per Aspera Ad Astra” (Latin - Through Thick to the Light) in golden lettering

the reverse of the inner flap bearing dual brown leather straps forming a belt loop

A fine Postschutz employee stick pin

surmounted by typical of time period Spanish crown and cyphre of Ferdinand VII both in silver gilt

He stated that he was married to Annie Short of Reading

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield For Panzer Troops Auction Archive inscribed “Per Aspera Ad Astra”(Krimschild fr Panzertruppe). Constructed of a bronzed alloy, the obverse consisitng 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 four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a black wool liner and intact black paper stock backer, the shield measuring 52. 05 mm (w) x 62. 03 mm (h), in extremely fine