He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (401235) on January 11
His Section has very often been under most heavy shell fire and has had a large number of casualties
A hollow enameled white Maltese Cross with ball finials in silver gilt
It shows a Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) wearing his formal dress uniform and an SA sports badge
(Verkehrsaufsicht Armbinde)
Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, by Karl Wurster Newly Listed He signed his Attestation Paper(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting 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 field grey wool liner, without visible marks but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen,