Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Auction numbered #271

numbered #271

A grouping of four third reich German awards and insignia

maker marked "Huguenin Frères & Co Médailleurs Le Locale (Suisse)" on the inside lid

VII - The Silent Heroes - The Royal Engineers

63 mm x 88 mm)

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Auction numbered #271(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