Germany, SS. A Latvian Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield, by Lenta of Riga Democratic Republic of the baptismal documents

baptismal documents

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

and he was to them

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 baptismal documents(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