A Wehrmacht (Army) Issued Kuban Campaign Shield GTRexclude by Bob Clarke

by Bob Clarke

on March 9

arriving in Liverpool on the 30th

stamped with the 48th Reserve insignia

with gothic script motto “Meine Ehre heißt Treue” (“My Honour is Loyalty”)

A Wehrmacht (Army) Issued Kuban Campaign Shield GTRexclude by Bob ClarkeA Wehrmacht rmelshield Kuba; in die stamped bronzed metal (magnetic); measuring 62 mm x 52 mm; moderate soiling on uniform remnants; near very fine condition. Footnote: The Kuban Shield was a German Second War decoration awarded to those who fought at the Kuban bridgehead in the Soviet Union. The shield was created on September 21, 1943 and was issued until the Kuban bridgehead was abandoned in October 1943. The award came attached to a piece of cloth