Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Auction Archive FREDERICK MID

FREDERICK MID

(one of the national symbols of Lithuania)

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

The head is constructed of multiple rows of twisted wires

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Auction Archive FREDERICK MID(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