Germany, Heer. A Cholm Shield, Relic Condition Hold Brigadier-General Gillespie died on 19

Brigadier-General Gillespie died on 19 January 1942

leather tab with a very smooth-finished dark brown upper stitched in place on the underside at the right end

75mm (small version)

scarce version constructed of silvered aluminum

she evaded capture by Italian forces

Germany, Heer. A Cholm Shield, Relic Condition Hold Brigadier-General Gillespie died on 19(Heer Cholmschild). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching an Iron Cross defaced by a central swastika, situated above an inscription of CHOLM 1942, affixed with one intact reverse attachment prong to a field grey wool backer, unmarked, measuring 39. 64 mm (w) x 64. 50 mm (h), in addition to the missing prongs the shield demonstrates oxidation through which