Germany, SS. A Croatian Volunteer’s Sleeve Insignia, with Private Wartime Photograph Republic of blank reverse

blank reverse

original full-length sash with large bow-tie

who was absent for the photo as he was with the Permanent Force at Petawawa)

an infantryman

stamped with an issue number of “194537”

Germany, SS. A Croatian Volunteer’s Sleeve Insignia, with Private Wartime Photograph Republic of blank reverse(Waffen SS rmelschild fr Mannschaften der 13. Waffen Gebirgs Division der SS Handschar kroatische Nr. 1, mit Foto). A pair of items pertinent to Croatian Waffen SS and Wehrmacht volunteers, including: 1. A 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) sleeve shield, constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered white and red Croatian national emblem, measuring 60 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in unissued and near mint