Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, by Karl Wurster United Republic of issued to Schwarbe as an

issued to Schwarbe as an Unteroffizier of Stab III Abteilung

May 29th 1941 (original signature of Oberst)

the reverse maker marked

stamped oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered tombac

where he suffered a gunshot wound to the chest in Russia on 16 August 1941

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield, by Karl Wurster United Republic of issued to Schwarbe as an(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronze, 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 reverse prongs to a non magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact black paper backer, without visible marks but demonstrating the characteristics of