Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic maker marked “Petz & Lorenz

maker marked “Petz & Lorenz

ends sewn together on both ribbons

CARLOS BARON MALDONADO" (Aeronautical Merit / Lieutenant Colonel D

with the cover bearing a title and author’s name in black Fraktur script

black paper overlying a black cotton backer

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic maker marked “Petz & Lorenz(Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of 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 to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and partially intact reverse paper liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 78 mm (w) x 61. 70 mm (h), surface oxidation and loss of finish is visible