Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield Auction as the success of the

as the success of the operation did not come lightly

Most were crushed or buried overseas to keep the market in the United States from being flooded with watches

Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal on the ribbon

the RMS Leinster was torpedoed

immigration from Eastern Europe

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Issued Demjansk Shield Auction as the success of the(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of stamped iron (magnetic), the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with a log pillbox on either side, above an inscription of DEMJANSK, with a frontal view of a single propeller plane overlaid by two crossed swords, with a bottom date of 1942, set on a field grey Heer (Army) wool background, the reverse with all four attachment prongs intact, measuring 58 mm (w) x 102 mm