Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Issue Kuban Campaign Shield Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the Olympic Bell insignia in

the Olympic Bell insignia in gold on the lid

in uniform with the Knight’s Cross and with his arm in a cast and sling

while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed enemy

but was able to escape the pocket

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Issue Kuban Campaign Shield Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the Olympic Bell insignia in(Kubanschild der Kriegsmarine). Instituted September 21st, 1943. (1943 1944 issue). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a non magnetic metal backplate with a fully intact black paper backer and dark blue wool backer, unmarked,