Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Heer Issue Hold Out of 584 total awards

Out of 584 total awards of the Grand Cross with the Silver Crown

WWII Luftwaffe Dagger Hangers -  Two straps

sober and reliable" (1930) and that he was a "very good infantry instructor

stating that he had fifteen years' previous service with the Canadian Garrison Artillery in St

1942 and signed in blue ink by Lieutenant General and Commanding General of Luftgau XII/XIII

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Heer Issue Hold Out of 584 total awards(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 KUBAN, in turn topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed to a backplate with all four reverse attachment prongs intact, retaining a field grey wool backer and paper stock reverse liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 25 mm