Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, by Karl Wurster United Republic of issued to Schwarbe as an

issued to Schwarbe as an Unteroffizier of Stab III Abteilung

dated to Berlin on May 31

2 ) An early 1930’s German Youth badge

where he suffered a gunshot wound to the chest in Russia on 16 August 1941

exhibiting light soiling on the exterior

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, by Karl Wurster United Republic of issued to Schwarbe as an(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