Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Hold but all hands breathed a

but all hands breathed a sigh of relief when the newcomer was identified as the neutral German SMS Geier

illustrating the Imperial Seal of Japan in the centre along the top edge in gold

constructed of gilded bronze with enamel

Heyes" typed below

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Hold but all hands breathed a(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