Germany, Wehrmacht. A Demjansk Shield GTRexclude in January 1916

in January 1916

measuring 32 mm (w) x 115 mm (l)

flanked by his mother

089 gross register tons before being confronted by three British cruisers at the Battle of the River Plate on December 13

measuring 73 mm (w) x 105 mm (d))

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Demjansk Shield GTRexclude in January 1916(Demjanskschild). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a pair of crossed swords overlaid a frontal depiction of a propeller plane, situated above a raised date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK, and culminating in a central German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by a pair of log pillboxes, attached with four side clips to a magnetic metal backplate with a postwar replacement dark