Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction Archive They picked some Germans to

They picked some Germans to guide them towards Hammelburg

a State Forestry Service official’s cap wreath and cockade

numbered “273229”

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

with matte or gloss finishes

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction Archive They picked some Germans to(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.