Germany, Ss. An Italian Ss Volunteer Legion Sleeve Shield Newly Listed but wrinkled from storage

but wrinkled from storage

enamels and fire gilded

a second Black Grade award

conducted its operations at night

Germany, Ss. An Italian Ss Volunteer Legion Sleeve Shield Newly Listed but wrinkled from storage(Waffen SS rmelschild Italia). Constructed of cotton dyed on the obverse in field grey bearing a printed insigni consisting of a horizontal Italian tri colour topped by an inscription of ITALIA, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 110 mm (h), with minor wear and soiling evident, in very fine condition. Footnote: According to Foreign Legions of the Third Reich Volume 2: Belgium, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, and Spain (David Littlejohn, 1987), page 242,