Germany, SS. A Latvian Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield, by Lenta of Riga Democratic Republic of the measuring 87 mm (w) x

measuring 87 mm (w) x 107 mm (h)

in fire gilded tombac

consisting of a shield bearing an etched inscription of “EINIGKEIT MACHT STARK VATERLANDSLIEBE UNÜBERWINDLICH” (“UNITY MAKES STRONG PATRIOTISM INSURMOUNTABLE”)

with its interior bottom made of black synthetic leather

Germany, SS. A Latvian Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield, by Lenta of Riga Democratic Republic of the measuring 87 mm (w) x(Waffen SS rmelschild der lettischen Freiwilligen). Constructed of maroon rayon, the obverse featuring a Latvian national shield executed with white machine embroidery, topped by a black bar bearing yellow machine embroidered inscription of LATVIJA, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variant of domestic manufacture produced by Lenta, Riga, measuring 55 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), a rare variant, in uniform removed and extremely