Original German WWII Heer Army Demyansk Shield Decoration with Back Plate & Fabric - "Missing Log" Variant Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts and around the cylinder from

and around the cylinder from the lock

This type firearm greatly resembles the Long Land pattern British Brown Bess musket but employs a shorter 42 inch

The projectile body is of forged steel

It even has the original thick glass viewing window

although stiffened over the years

Original German WWII Heer Army Demyansk Shield Decoration with Back Plate & Fabric - "Missing Log" Variant Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts and around the cylinder fromOriginal Item: Only One Available. The rmelschild Demjansk (Demyansk Arm Shield) 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. The pocket of German troops had been encircled and cut off by the Red Army around Demyansk (Demjansk), south of Leningrad, and was successfully defended with the aid of an airbridge. The shield was instituted on