Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction 1942 and named Lieutenant on

1942 and named Lieutenant on March 17th while with No

as well as tools such as axes

the reverse is dated “1914-1918” within an oak wreath

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a badge produced by an unconfirmed manufacturer (believed to be either Rudolf Karneth or Eugen Schmidhäussler) examined on pages 203-205 of “The Infantry Assault Badges” by Sascha Weber (2008)

Thomas Mark Jennings

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction 1942 and named Lieutenant on(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by an inscription of KUBAN and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with four side clips to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact paper backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 97 mm (w) x 65. 88 mm (h), in extremely