Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, by Karl Wurster United Republic of exhibiting light soiling on the

exhibiting light soiling on the exterior

dated to Berlin on May 31

Geschwaderkommodore

stamped oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered tombac

issued to Schwarbe as an Unteroffizier of Stab III Abteilung

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, by Karl Wurster United Republic of exhibiting light soiling on the(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