Description
while the other presents as a narrow woven rope looped through their braided counterparts
the reverse with a clip hinge and wide flattened pinback meeting a flat wire catch
some oxidation is evident to the core of the cross and the package displays material fatigue
A rare and exceptionally well-preserved Bavarian Artillery Officer’s Kugelhelm (ball-topped Pickelhaube variant for artillery units)
while his right hand clutches a sword
Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed while the other presents as(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, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four side prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact paper backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 56 mm (w) x 59. 98 mm (h), in near