Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Auction VII - The Silent Heroes

VII - The Silent Heroes - The Royal Engineers

accompanied by a length of 1939 Iron Cross II Class ribbon

numbered #271

shows evidence of previous repairs

and another in the field in uniform

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Auction VII - The Silent Heroes(rmelschild der lettischen Freiwilligen der Waffen SS). Of multi piece construction, consisting of an off white cotton twill base, overlaid on the obverse by a layer of maroon cotton till, defaced by a diagonal off white tresse in representation of a Latvian national emblem, topped by a black bare bearing a printed white inscription of LATVIJA, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), a scarce domestically produced variant in uniform removed and