Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, by Karl Wurster Archive edge knock to reverse edge

edge knock to reverse edge at 7 o’clock over the R in Regt

obverse illustrating an embossed winged man (Icarus) in flight

of which 525 were awarded during the First War

including an unissued Kriegsmarine EM/NCO’s Tropical breast eagle

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, by Karl Wurster Archive edge knock to reverse edge(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by an inscription of KUBAN and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four reverse prongs to a non magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact black paper backer, without visible marks but demonstrating the characteristics of