Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Auction Archive dual ball finials on each

dual ball finials on each arm

which had originally been destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad

with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid-flight and clutching a mobile swastika in its talons

a German-Russian photographer

interior is composed a crème coloured silk lid with a velvet medalbed

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Auction Archive dual ball finials on each(Heer Demjanskschild). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords, overlaying a plane and situated above a raised date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by log pillboxes, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact