Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed (Rettung aus Gefahr Ehrenmedaille)

(Rettung aus Gefahr Ehrenmedaille)

Maine and her near-sister ship Texas reflected the latest European naval developments

Post 1905)

maker marked Hoffsttater Bonn

Operation Flash was a strategic victory for Croatia resulting in the capture of a 558-square-kilometre (215 sq mi) salient held by RSK forces centred in and around the town of Okučani

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed (Rettung aus Gefahr Ehrenmedaille)(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronze 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 will all four attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backer with a field grey wool liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 30 mm (w) x 61. 87 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.