Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield GTRexclude specifically at the shoulder seams

specifically at the shoulder seams

Overseas Buffaloes Association Badge (in bronze gilt with green

post war sewn in place via white threading to a 72 mm (w) x 78 mm (h) grayish green wool swatch

in silvered die-stamped tombac

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield GTRexclude specifically at the shoulder seams(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse features a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region. It is topped by an inscription of KUBAN and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by the date 1943. With magnetic metal backplate, and a field grey wool liner, with paper backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 0 mm (w) x 62. 0 mm (h), in worn condition.