Operation Flash was a strategic victory for Croatia resulting in the capture of a 558-square-kilometre (215 sq mi) salient held by RSK forces centred in and around the town of Okučani
(Rettung aus Gefahr Ehrenmedaille)
maker marked Hoffsttater Bonn
” (“THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE VICTOR AND THAT IS US
1942 and concluding with issue Number 23-24 denoted as December Notebook
Germany, Heer. A Kuban Shield Newly Listed Operation Flash was a strategic(Heer Kubanschild). Constructed of bronze 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 will all four attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backer with a field grey wool liner, unmarked, the shield measuring 52. 30 mm (w) x 61. 87 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.