Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Rudolf Souval Buy Now He transferred to the Luftstreitkräfte

He transferred to the Luftstreitkräfte (air force) in late 1917

In black wool with red piping and black banding

a Letter From the War Office in London (informing his parents in Johannesburg of their son's award of the Military Cross

sitting in a chair in his study

with a scalloped edging along the mouth

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Rudolf Souval Buy Now He transferred to the Luftstreitkräfte(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed with four side prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variant attributed to Rudolf Souval, Vienna, the shield measuring 52. 85 mm (w)