Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue Auction Ralph Welcome Baker was a

Ralph Welcome Baker was a resident of Big Spring

WILLIS-O'CONNOR 2nd BATTALION

and British War Medal (114522 W O CL 2 J R Crisp R E)

one on each side at the waist with fold over flaps

He was documented in an article in the Ottawa Journal on November 30

Germany, Heer. A Demjansk Shield, Army Issue Auction Ralph Welcome Baker was a(rmelschild Demjansk). Constructed of silvered feinzink, affixed with four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate and field grey wool twill backer, the obverse consisting of a shield with crossed swords, topped by a plane and above a raised date of 1942, in turn topped by an inscription of DEMJANSK and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by log pillboxes, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 95 mm (w) x