Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Heer Issue GTRexclude presenting as a cross pattée

presenting as a cross pattée joined at the arms with an oak leaf wreath

It is marked with the words “my window”

A rare and unusual example of a Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge

Military 1942-1943

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, Heer Issue GTRexclude presenting as a cross pattée(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 a date of 1943, fixed with all four attachment prongs to a field grey wool liner with a light brown paper backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 16 mm (w) x 61. 62 mm (h), in near mint condition.