Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Auction Archive one marked "K

one marked "K

constructed of bronze with white enameled Maltese Crosses fastened to the exterior

FREDERICK MID

Pinned into the tunic above the upper right breast pocket is an Imperial Time Expired Soldiers League (Teikoku Zaiko Gunjin Kai) membership badge

(one of the national symbols of Lithuania)

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Auction Archive one marked "K(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