Germany, Heer. A Mint Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield, First Pattern Republic of beautiful Mahogany-coloured wooden handle with

beautiful Mahogany-coloured wooden handle with embedded eagle is near excellent with small minor period repair

It also features a black leather chinstrap

in overall extremely fine condition)

when numbers of trained men were so scarce

Germany, Heer. A Mint Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield, First Pattern Republic of beautiful Mahogany-coloured wooden handle with(Heer rmelschild fr Freiwillige Turkistan 1. Form). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered blue and red shield defaced by a Turkic bow, topped by an inscription of TURKISTAN, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 90 mm (h), in unissued and extremely fine condition.