Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Panzer Issue Hold in pairs and in groups

in pairs and in groups

reverse impressed 71745 PTE D

twenty-nine with a screwback

slight enamel flaking to the left arm of the cross

the reverse bearing a raised depiction of the university in high relief and exceptional detail

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Panzer Issue Hold in pairs and in groups(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