Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield United Republic of including a Braunschweig bade

including a Braunschweig bade

the centrepiece ring inscribed in Latin "VIRTVTI ET MERITO" (Virtue and Merit)

with a vertical round wire pinback (lightly bent)

the reverse demonstrating partial detachment of the wool from the buckram core

the hanger measures 27 cm in length as presented

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield United Republic of including a Braunschweig bade(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