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Crimea Shield, the Glossary

The Crimea Shield was a World War II German military decoration.^[1]

27 relations: Adolf Hitler, Army Group South, Badge, Bucharest, Bundeswehr, Campaign shields (Wehrmacht), Cholm Shield, Crimea, Crimean campaign, Demyansk Shield, Erich von Manstein, Feldgrau, Generalfeldmarschall, German Army (1935–1945), German language, Ion Antonescu, Kingdom of Romania, Kuban Shield, Lapland Shield, Narvik Shield, Nazi Germany, Sevastopol, Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942), Swastika, Warsaw Shield, West Germany, World War II.
1942 establishments in Germany
Awards established in 1942
German campaign medals

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Army Group South

Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd) was the name of one of three German Army Groups during World War II.

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A badge is a device or accessory, often containing the insignia of an organization, which is presented or displayed to indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, a symbol of authority granted by taking an oath (e.g., police and fire), a sign of legitimate employment or student status, or as a simple means of identification.

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Bucharest

Bucharest (București) is the capital and largest city of Romania.

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Bundeswehr

The Bundeswehr (literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Campaign shields (Wehrmacht)

Campaign shields (lit), also known as campaign arm shields, were badges of differing design awarded to members of the German Wehrmacht for participation in specific battles or campaigns during World War II. Crimea Shield and campaign shields (Wehrmacht) are German campaign medals and military awards and decorations of Nazi Germany.

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Cholm Shield

The Cholm Shield was a World War II German military decoration awarded to those who fought in the Cholm Pocket on the Eastern Front between 21 January and 5 May 1942. Crimea Shield and Cholm Shield are 1942 establishments in Germany, awards established in 1942, German campaign medals and military awards and decorations of Nazi Germany.

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Crimea

Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov.

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Crimean campaign

The Crimean campaign was conducted by the Axis as part of Operation Barbarossa during World War II.

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Demyansk Shield

Demyansk Shield (Ärmelschild Demjansk) was a World War II German military decoration awarded to Wehrmacht personnel who fought in the Demyansk pocket on the Eastern Front in the early months of 1942. Crimea Shield and Demyansk Shield are German campaign medals and military awards and decorations of Nazi Germany.

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Erich von Manstein

Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein (born Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski; 24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Feldgrau

Feldgrau (English: field-grey) is a green–grey color.

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Generalfeldmarschall

Generalfeldmarschall (from Old High German marahscalc, "marshal, stable master, groom"; general field marshal, field marshal general, or field marshal; often abbreviated to Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsgeneralfeldmarschall); in the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, the rank Feldmarschall was used.

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German Army (1935–1945)

The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Ion Antonescu

Ion Antonescu (– 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II.

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Kingdom of Romania

The Kingdom of Romania (Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed from 13 March (O.S.) / 25 March 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 1947 with the abdication of King Michael I and the Romanian parliament's proclamation of the Romanian People's Republic.

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Kuban Shield

The Kuban Shield was a World War II military decoration of Nazi Germany. Crimea Shield and Kuban Shield are German campaign medals and military awards and decorations of Nazi Germany.

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Lapland Shield

The Lapland Shield was a World War II German military decoration awarded to military personnel of General Franz Böhme’s 20th Mountain Army which fought a two-front campaign against advancing Finnish and Soviet Red Army forces in Lapland between November 1944 and the war’s end in May 1945. Crimea Shield and Lapland Shield are German campaign medals and military awards and decorations of Nazi Germany.

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Narvik Shield

The Narvik Shield was a World War II German military decoration awarded to all German forces that took part in the battles of Narvik between 9 April and 8 June 1940. Crimea Shield and Narvik Shield are German campaign medals and military awards and decorations of Nazi Germany.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Sevastopol

Sevastopol, sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea.

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Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)

The Siege of Sevastopol, also known as the Defence of Sevastopol (Oborona Sevastopolya) or the Battle of Sevastopol (Bătălia de la Sevastopol), was a military engagement that took place on the Eastern Front of the Second World War.

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Swastika

The swastika (卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African and American ones.

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Warsaw Shield

The Warsaw Shield,, or Warsaw Arm Shield, was a planned World War II German military decoration intended for award to Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS servicemen who took part in the suppression of the 1944 Warsaw uprising. Crimea Shield and Warsaw Shield are German campaign medals and military awards and decorations of Nazi Germany.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea_Shield