Germany, Wehrmacht. A Kuban Shield, Luftwaffe Issue Auction Canadian Field Artillery in the

Canadian Field Artillery in the field on the 22nd

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

to the 1st Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre

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

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Kuban Shield, Luftwaffe Issue Auction Canadian Field Artillery in the(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