Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Buy Now engraved HJ at the bottom

engraved HJ at the bottom on the reverse

two velcro fabric length adjustment pads placed on the underside at both ends

HK - Herzhausen” on underside

with makers cartouche in the center denoting Anton Rietterer

Issued 1917-1918

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield Buy Now engraved HJ at the bottom(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords, situated over a plane and above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK, culminating in a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked on each side by log pillboxes, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to an oval magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner