Germany, Heer. A Set Of Volunteer Army Turkestan Legion Em Shoulder Straps Hold the outer edge trimmed in

the outer edge trimmed in beaded copper wire

the base slightly lighter than the colour of the uniform

20 May 1918

the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 38547 of Friday

Germany, Heer. A Set Of Volunteer Army Turkestan Legion Em Shoulder Straps Hold the outer edge trimmed in(Schulterklappen). An extremely well preserved matching set of Turkestan Legion EM volunteers (Freiwilliger) shoulder straps, introduced in May of 1943, wide straps (similar in width and appearance to old Russian style shoulder straps), constructed of dark bluish green wool, with light blue rayon Waffenfarbe piping (indicating Turkestan Legion), the bottom sections of the straps are constructed of coarse brownish wool, while the retaining tongues are