Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden with the ends of the

with the ends of the sweatband meeting at the rear and are pinned together

discolouration over exterior and leather cracking in several spots

pearl wreath border

Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904

The Memorial Plaque

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden with the ends of the(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, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four side prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact paper backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 56 mm (w) x 59. 98 mm (h), in near