Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed Knight’s Cross - in Gold

Knight’s Cross - in Gold and enamels

obverse illustrating the Basilica-Cathedral of St

While in hospital at Witley

and George V Coronation (Police) Medal 1911

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed Knight’s Cross - in Gold(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 and flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate and field grey wool liner, the reverse retaining an original brown paper liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 51.