Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 135 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

the interior with a white rayon lid liner and white felt medal bed

tarnishing evident on the obverse of the BWM and ALSGCM

The rubies are set between five round

in dark brown

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden This particular buckle is illustrated(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 flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four side clips to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact black paper backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 51. 64 mm (w) x 61. 67 mm (h), demonstrating minor and sporadic denting, in