Germany, Wehrmacht. A Kuban Shield, Luftwaffe Issue Auction An article in the January

An article in the January 1944 issue of Popular Mechanics shows women at the David Taylor facility making 1:500 scale ship models

edged on top and bottom with a single bullion row and with blue cord

Below the signature is a watermark of the royal seal

Canadian Field Artillery in the field on the 22nd

the collier Nanshan and the steamer Zafiro (a supply vessel)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Kuban Shield, Luftwaffe Issue Auction An article in the January(rmelschild Kuban). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse 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, fixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a dark grey wool backer, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 00 mm (w) x 61. 93 mm (h), with some oxidation evident to the shield, in