Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Archive with a gilt zink hanger

with a gilt zink hanger suspended from the base of the clasp

with the matching belt fed through them

anniversary dates 1859 and 1909 on the horizontal ends

Constructed of stainless steel

missing one of two screwbacks)

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Archive with a gilt zink hanger(Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of 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 to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and partially intact reverse paper liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 78 mm (w) x 61. 70 mm (h), surface oxidation and loss of finish is visible