Germany, SS. An Estonian Waffen-SS Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield visually-hidden one faded to a sepia-tone

one faded to a sepia-tone

Order of Mehdi exhibiting enamel chipping on the obverse centrepiece ring and missing its reverse centrepiece

Footnote: The German V-1 missile or V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe-1 = Vengeance Weapon 1")

They then proceeded to join the general Austro-Hungarian—German offensive (with the Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army under Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and the German Eleventh Army under Mackensen) that pushed back the Russians and eventually retook Przemysl

interspersed with multiple black and white photographs

Germany, SS. An Estonian Waffen-SS Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield visually-hidden one faded to a sepia-tone(Waffen SS rmelschild der estnischen Freiwilligen). Constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered blue, black, and white Estonian tricolour shield, unmarked, measuring 54 mm (w) x 66 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition. Footnote: From the Roger Bender collection.