Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Newly Listed Instituted 1896

Instituted 1896

94 mm (w) x 49

Footnote: Donald McIntosh Robertson was born on August 16

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with 1914 clasp and crossed swords

in uniform-removed and better than very fine condition

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Newly Listed Instituted 1896(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