Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Archive 12) A Lippe War Merit

12) A Lippe War Merit Cross ribbon

demonstrating minor loss of finish in near extremely fine condition

then transferred to the 8th Canadian Trench Mortar Battery on October 1

by Philip the Good

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield Archive 12) A Lippe War Merit(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