Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Panzer Issue Newly Listed while returning from an artillery

while returning from an artillery observation sortie after the aircraft

two post-war

all secured shut via a single bakelite button

constructed of grey

With establishment of the SS Division PRINZ EUGEN in 1943 most of the men were transferred from these locally called "German Regiments" into new SS Division

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Panzer Issue Newly Listed while returning from an artillery(Kubanschild fr Mannschaften der Panzertruppe). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, 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 side clips to a magnetic metal backplate with a black wool liner (indicating Panzer issue) and an intact black paper backer, unmarked, the