Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed Manconi WHO DIED IN THE

Manconi WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY in the Pacific Area

to Acting Chief Petty Officer

with a red wool interior liner

in gilded zinc (attachments/rings holding Pendant are likely post 1945 manufacture)

Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed Manconi WHO DIED IN THE(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a stylized map of the Kuban region, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a non magnetic metal backplate with a fully intact black paper backer and field grey wool liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 53. 67 mm (w) x 61. 17 mm (h), notably