Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Archive displaying detailed Gold royal crowns

displaying detailed Gold royal crowns in each quadrant

5 mm x 119 mm leather patch with reinforced stitching along the perimeter edge

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the obverse with a raised rightward-facing profile of Karl I circumscribed by name and title

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Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Archive displaying detailed Gold royal crowns(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of a bronzed alloy, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a raised 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 attachment prongs to a zink backplate with an intact field grey paper reverse backer and wool liner of identical colouring indicating Heer issue, the shield