Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield United Republic of ranging in size from 58

ranging in size from 58 mm x 85 mm to 102 mm x 152 mm)

arguing that something resembling fascism was the unfortunate “wave of the future

and Territorial Decoration with TERRITORIAL Bar

the obverse and reverse with studio marks of “C

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield United Republic of ranging in size from 58(Heer Kubanschild). 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 and flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate and field grey wool liner, the reverse retaining an original brown paper liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 51.