Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield United Republic of a recipient of the Knight’s

a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

both piped in silver wire and black threads

the obverse bears a central shield of black enamel with a gilded lion on an open-top oak leaf wreath with a black enamel 1914 Iron Cross at the bottom

The Order was removed from papal control in 1928

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield United Republic of a recipient of the Knight’s(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a pair of crossed swords, overlaying a plane in flight and situated above a date of 1942, topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK, in turn set below a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika flanked by pillboxes constructed of logs, affixed to a magnetic metal backplate with an original wax paper backer and retaining a field grey wool liner