Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed 1896 in London

1896 in London

surmounted by German Empress Auguste Victoria’s crowned monogram

Significantly

with six chapters

gilding has nearly completely worn off on the badge

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed 1896 in London(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of a bronzed alloy, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a raised inscription of KUBAN 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 zink backplate with an intact field grey paper reverse backer and wool liner of identical colouring indicating Heer issue, the shield