Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Province of China ORDENFABRIK

ORDENFABRIK

navy blue wool backer with horizontal pinback and push pin point

creasing and fraying of the edges

He was posted to the Depot Squadron

Medal for Victory and Freedom 1945

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Province of China ORDENFABRIK(Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of 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 to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and partially intact reverse paper liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 78 mm (w) x 61. 70 mm (h), surface oxidation and loss of finish is visible