Krim Shield Wound Badge Gefreiter Sewastopol 1942-43 11. Armee

(D23432)
Emil Koch, Lance Corporal (Gefreiter) Army road construction unit.
1) Wound Badge in Black, 20.6.42. Signed by the CO, Chefarzt of Feldlazarett 669.
2) Krim Shield, 30.1.43. Size DinA4. Crude field issue (issued by the 11th Army). Heavily used condition.

He served 1942 with 4./Strassenbau-Bataillon 678, an Army road construction unit active in Russia under command of the 11th Army. (Heeresgruppenkommando Don). 1942 Southern Russia: Sewastopol, Krim, Feodissija, Parpatsch, Kertsch, Newel. Jul.42 Northern Russia: Ladoga, Leningrad, Newel. He got wounded for the first time on 12.6.42 during the battle for Sewastopol (Krim, Black Sea).