Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kuban Shield, Rare United Republic of Military Driver’s License Class II

Military Driver’s License Class II in worn parchment

exhibiting light contact and surface wear

after being reassigned to the 9th Division

the reverse maker marked with a RZM logo and code “35” for Wächtler & Lange

sinking twenty-two ships on ten patrols

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kuban Shield, Rare United Republic of Military Driver’s License Class II(Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, attached to a dark blue wool backer with all four reverse attachment prongs, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 04 mm (w) x 61. 14 mm (h), weighing 18. 3 grams, with minor loss of finish evident, in overall extremely fine condition.