Original German WWII Heer Army Demyansk Shield Decoration with Backing Plate & Fabric French Militaria A small Mexican air unit

A small Mexican air unit operated with the United States in the Philippines

However it is always possible that it was never stamped

These did not reach mass production levels of manufacture

Shortly thereafter a brown-dominant scheme (with the light green replaced by light tan) was manufactured

Dated 1941 with the maker mark of AB on top of the left rim

Original German WWII Heer Army Demyansk Shield Decoration with Backing Plate & Fabric French Militaria A small Mexican air unitOriginal Item: Only One Available. The rmelschild Demjansk (Demyansk Arm Shield) was a World War II German military decoration awarded to Wehrmacht personnel who fought in the Demyansk pocket on the Eastern Front in the early months of 1942. The pocket of German troops had been encircled and cut off by the Red Army around Demyansk (Demjansk), south of Leningrad, and was successfully defended with the aid of an airbridge. The shield was instituted on