Luftwaffe Krim Shield

Product Description: This Luftwaffe Krim Shield is an outstanding, unworn, and unissued example of this highly coveted campaign award. The shield itself is beautifully preserved, with rich, dark bronze tones highlighting the raised areas and creating a striking contrast with the darker recessed fields. All of the original fine detail remains crisp and untouched, offering exceptional visual appeal.

The shield is complete with its original backing fabric, crafted from wartime Luftwaffe blue-gray wool — a far scarcer variant compared to the more commonly encountered Heer field-gray backings. The fabric is in excellent condition, showing no signs of mothing, stitch holes, or damage of any kind.

This piece is virtually pristine and displays superbly, with no restoration or alteration. It would be exceedingly difficult to find a finer example. This Luftwaffe Krim Shield is preserved in excellent plus condition and would make a truly exceptional addition to an advanced collection of Luftwaffe or campaign awards.

Historical Description: The Krim Shield was a combat award of the German Wehrmacht, used to recognize the troops who fought on the Crimean Peninsula, on the Eastern Front, between September 21, 1941, and July 4, 1942. Crimea had been taken by the German Army Group South, specifically the 11th Army led by Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein.  The shield was officially instituted by Adolf Hitler on July 25, 1942, by a proclamation stating that the award would recognize the “heroic battles” in Crimea. The shield depicts a German national eagle and swastika emblem as well as a map of Crimea, along with the word “Krim” and the dates 1941 and 1942. It was worn on the left upper sleeve of the uniform. To qualify for the award, soldiers had to have participated on one of eight specific battles that were a part of the campaign, to have been wounded in action, or to have served 3 months, without interruption, in the Crimea region. Members of all branches of the Wehrmacht, including the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine, were eligible for the award. The shield was made from steel, and later from zinc, and was issued affixed to a backing cloth that allowed it to be stitched to the uniform. Between 200,000 and 300,000 shields were awarded.

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