Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Newly Listed Military Division awarded for exceptional

Military Division awarded for exceptional bravery and leadership

On the inside of the backcover there is a coffee stain that prompted somebody to write “richtiger Bohnenkaffee” (real bean coffee) next to it

Footnote: Donald McIntosh Robertson was born on August 16

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

he went from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to Gallipoli in 1915 as Deputy Quartermaster General

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Newly Listed Military Division awarded for exceptional(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