Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction Archive trimmed with braided machine-woven gold

trimmed with braided machine-woven gold thread piping

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 257 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

he was appointed Head of a lightweight radio station with the 3rd Cavalry Division and later

Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1953

Part IV - Manoeuvre and Detached Duties (General Principles of Cavalry Action

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction Archive trimmed with braided machine-woven gold(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronze 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, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed will all four attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backer with a field grey wool liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 30 mm (w) x 61. 87 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.