Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden Royal Tank Regiment

Royal Tank Regiment

The maker's name "LONGINES" appears below the twelve position

the Battalion was redesignated the 23rd Reserve Battalion

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered golden-brown Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield visually-hidden Royal Tank Regiment(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a raised inscription of KUBA and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact faux black leather backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 40