Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed Post 1905)

Post 1905)

with its packet of issue (ripped along the entire left side of the packet)

black insignia

(Rettung aus Gefahr Ehrenmedaille)

1942 and concluding with issue Number 23-24 denoted as December Notebook

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed Post 1905)(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronze 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, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed will all four attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backer with a field grey wool liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 30 mm (w) x 61. 87 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.