Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction Badge: in silver gilt with

Badge: in silver gilt with blue and white enamelled insignia

and foreign dignitaries

the latter with a stylized raised cherry blossom

while obverse presents a central inscription of “1914-1918” in gold text on a white background within a black ring bearing the inscription “PREUSSISCHES KRIEGS ERINNERUNGS KREUZ” (“Prussian War Remembrance Cross”) in gold text

1900 and was designed by the architect George Dennis Martin

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction Badge: in silver gilt with(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, secured with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backer with a field grey wool liner indicating Heer issue, the shield measuring 52. 10 mm (w) x 61. 64 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.