Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden Royal Tank Regiment

Royal Tank Regiment

a balsa wood with black lacquer finish

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered golden-brown Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

and it is conferred to foreigners and Spanish citizens either women or men for meritorious civil acts

The maker's name "LONGINES" appears below the twelve position

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden Royal Tank Regiment(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a raised inscription of KUBA 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 magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact faux black leather backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 40