A Wehrmacht Army Issued Kuban Campaign Shield Archive Footnote: The West African Regiment

Footnote: The West African Regiment was raised in 1889 at Sierra Leone in West Africa

as noted in the London Gazette 13413 on November 3

England on July 6th

brown wool sides and underside

A Wehrmacht Army Issued Kuban Campaign Shield Archive Footnote: The West African RegimentA Wehrmacht rmelschild Kuban; in die stamped metal, bronzed, magnetic; measuring 73 mm x 61 mm; better than very fine condition. Footnote: The Kuban Shield was a German Second War decoration awarded to those who fought at the Kuban bridgehead in the Soviet Union. The shield was created on September 21, 1943 and was issued until the Kuban bridgehead was abandoned in October 1943. The award came attached to a piece of cloth to allow its bearer to sew it