The Bureau of Indian Affairs considered them crucial and the Presidents for whom they were issued also knew their importance
Royal Canadian Regiment to X-5 List CAU on March 5
Completing the exterior features is an additional narrow black leather strap which protrudes through the front of the shell and continues inside where it is stitched to the side wall to fasten over the accompanying pistol for storage
Both in extremely fine condition
Cornwallis on August 13
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Krim Shield Auction The Bureau of Indian Affairs(Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 38 mm (w) x 61. 75 mm (h), missing its reverse liner,