Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Issue Kuban Campaign Shield visually-hidden 65mm(w) x 58

65mm(w) x 58

constructed of smooth dark-grey wool with a black woven ribbon cap band

decorated with black capercaillie feathers

and they freed some 80 German soldiers

the obverse with a central Renault FT tank inside a leaf border

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Issue Kuban Campaign Shield visually-hidden 65mm(w) x 58(Kubanschild der Kriegsmarine). Instituted September 21st, 1943. (1943 1944 issue). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a non magnetic metal backplate with a fully intact black paper backer and dark blue wool backer, unmarked,