9th Battalion
with “ZA DOM SPREMNI” (Ready to Defend the Fatherland)
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the obverse centre bears the left-facing portrait of Prince Regent Luitpold
The War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords award document is named to Unteroffizier Hartmann of H
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kuban Shield, Rare Buy Now 9th Battalion(Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, attached to a dark blue wool backer with all four reverse attachment prongs, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 04 mm (w) x 61. 14 mm (h), weighing 18. 3 grams, with minor loss of finish evident, in overall extremely fine condition.