Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Province of China The Order of Military Merit

The Order of Military Merit was issued in three classes: Commander

wreath is fire gilded

62 mm x 86 mm)

the sentence being handed down on June 21

4mm (w) x 106

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Province of China The Order of Military Merit(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, in turn flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four side clips to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact black paper backer, the shield measuring 51. 67 mm (w)x 62. 02 mm (h), in near