Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield United Republic of measuring 63 mm x 48

measuring 63 mm x 48 mm and 68 mm x 39 mm

" (Airship over the City) at the upper right

Groos was past the age of 100 and the last surviving member of Jasta 11

reverse medallion has been reattached

on period ribbon and with ribbon bar both affixed to blue velvet cardboard backing

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield United Republic of measuring 63 mm x 48(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, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four side prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact paper backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 56 mm (w) x 59. 98 mm (h), in near