Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed War Department Decoration for Exceptional

War Department Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service Award (in bronze gilt

number engraved "5154" on the reverse

white cotton mesh backer)

including a certificate for a German Social Welfare Medal

the backer peeling away from the body of the badge)

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed War Department Decoration for Exceptional(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 dates 1943, affixed to a magnetic metal backplate with size clips, retaining a field grey wool liner and partially intact black paper reverse liner, the former indicating Heer issue, the shield measuring 51. 96 mm (w)