Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction Archive Footnote: The Order of Julio

Footnote: The Order of Julio Antonio Mella is awarded to Cuban and foreign youngsters

original ribbon with UNHCR clasp and pinback

It was there that fellow pilot Frank Phripp found him one evening in early 1945

16 mm x 22

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Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Auction Archive Footnote: The Order of Julio(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 dates 1943, affixed to a magnetic metal backplate with size clips, retaining a field grey wool liner and partially intact black paper reverse liner, the former indicating Heer issue, the shield measuring 51. 96 mm (w)