Germany, Wehrmacht. A Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield Newly Listed 1861” (“18 October 1861”)

1861” (“18 October 1861”)

It completes with a pommel consisting of a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika

1894 in Weston-Super-Mare

approved by the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade on May 25

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield Newly Listed 1861” (“18 October 1861”)(Turkistanische Legion rmelschild). Constructed of white cotton, the obverse bearing a dyed print Turkestan Legion insignia in the form of a mosque overlaid by an inscription of TURKISTAN, topped by an inscription of TERI BIZ MENEN!, unmarked, measuring 80 mm (w) x 88 mm (h), with soiling evident and the remnants of an adhesive on the reverse, in overall very fine condition.