Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Newly Listed the Foot Guards

the Foot Guards

94 mm (w) x 49

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Type B semi-hollow “daisy variant” produced by an unidentified manufacturer

Military Division awarded for exceptional bravery and leadership

the six o’clock arm maker marked “W” for the firm of Wagner & Sohn

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Newly Listed the Foot Guards(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