Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden playing a key role in

playing a key role in the defence of the city until the German surrender on 1 May 1945

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

Gold Grade (gilt bronze

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

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden playing a key role in(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