Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Issue Kuban Campaign Shield visually-hidden (NSDAP Erinnerungsabzeichen)

(NSDAP Erinnerungsabzeichen)

and they freed some 80 German soldiers

measuring 29 mm x 35 mm

and singling out one machine he deliberately charged and drove it down in flames

in full uniform and with all awards and his Admiral’s baton clearly visible

Germany, Third Reich. A Kriegsmarine Issue Kuban Campaign Shield visually-hidden (NSDAP Erinnerungsabzeichen)(Kubanschild der Kriegsmarine). Instituted September 21st, 1943. (1943 1944 issue). 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, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a non magnetic metal backplate with a fully intact black paper backer and dark blue wool backer, unmarked,