Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac German and Italian and overlying

German and Italian and overlying the Swiss national cross

three without attachments

named to Ladendorf as an Unteroffizier of 14

undulated centrepiece

the painting is situated vertically and is of a battle scene with two Junkers Ju 87 planes (dive bombers) on a dark

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac German and Italian and overlying(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 a date of 1943, affixed with all four side prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with an intact paper liner and field grey wool liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 18 mm (w) x 62. 24 mm (h), demonstrating minor