A Set Of Second War German Volunteer Army Turkestan Legion Em Shoulder Straps Archive H Schmidt & Sons

H Schmidt & Sons

being celebrated on mount Hesselberg annually on July 2nd

The French National Order of Merit

reverse center cartouche marked by Lemaitre

4 November 1944:- “During the night 18-19 July 1944

A Set Of Second War German Volunteer Army Turkestan Legion Em Shoulder Straps Archive H Schmidt & SonsTurkistan Legion EM volunteers (Freiwilliger), shoulder straps, introduced in May of 1943. Wide straps (similar in width and appearance to old Russian style shoulder straps), are constructed of dark bluish green wool, with light blue rayon waffenfarbe piping (indicating Turkestan Legion). The bottom sections of the straps are constructed of coarse brownish wool, while the retaining tongues are made of tan rayon wool bland, and stitched together. An