Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant, Refurbished Example United Republic of DRESDEN badge in gilded bronze

DRESDEN badge in gilded bronze

the reverse retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/462” and a secondary code of “029878”

After a quick two day stop in Japan

in silvered metal (magnetic) and textured red enamels

55 General Hospital in Boulogne

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant, Refurbished Example United Republic of DRESDEN badge in gilded bronze(Luftwaffe Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic sheet 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 reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backer with a replacement dark grey wool liner and black paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variant