Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Newly Listed Major Cline was with the

Major Cline was with the Canadian Engineers when he was Mentioned in Despatches from General Sir Douglas Haig

Komteurkreuz)

(Infanterie-Regiment 31

He was to change the course of his career when on 17th October 1941 he flew with a 500lb bomb slung under the Hurricane fuselage

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Krim Shield Newly Listed Major Cline was with the(Luftwaffe Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, 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 an intact wax paper backer and dark grey wool liner indicating Luftwaffe issue, unmarked, the shield measuring 54. 98 mm (w) x 61. 93 mm