Heer / Waffen-SS Demjansk Campaign Shield

Demjansk Shield was a World War II German military decoration awarded to Heer and Waffen-SS personnel who fought in the Demjansk pocket on the Eastern Front in the early months of 1942. The shield was instituted on 25 April 1943 by Adolf Hitler and was not bestowed after 1 July 1944.

The slightly convex shaped shield is constructed of ferrous metal and pinned in place (with all four prongs still intact) to a field-grey backing cloth. Protective backing paper is missing. The shield was tunic removed and shows clear signs of age and real use with light superficial rust, age patina and stains to the field grey backing. All in all a salty combat veteran!

Getting harder and harder to find these shields and here is one with a lot of charachter!!