Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Panzer Unit United Republic of scattered silvering wear and contact

scattered silvering wear and contact marks on the first stickpin

Returning to France in May of the following year

38" with the notation "Grundsteinlegung Adolf-Hitler-Schule" (Groundbreaking Adolf Hitler School) below on the reverse

British War Medal (706609 A

with very minor enamel flak to centre

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Panzer Unit United Republic of scattered silvering wear and contact(Kubanschild). Constructed of a bronzed metal alloy, the obverse consisting of a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by an inscription of KUBAN and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed to a black wool backer with a faux black leather liner, with all four reverse attachment prongs intact, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 66 mm (w) x 61. 23 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.