Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue Auction one on each side at

one on each side at the waist with fold over flaps

He was documented in an article in the Ottawa Journal on November 30

Of high quality typical to this maker

with padded backing

WILLIS-O'CONNOR 2nd BATTALION

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue Auction one on each side at(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered feinzink, affixed with four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate and field grey wool twill backer, the obverse consisting of a shield with crossed swords, topped by a plane and above a raised date of 1942, in turn topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by log pillboxes, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 95 mm (w) x