Germany, Wehrmacht. A Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Insignia, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac An imperial participation medal bar

An imperial participation medal bar with seven medals and awards

measuring 151 mm x 56 mm

above a silvered date of “1914” and topped by a silvered royal crown

in midsummer 1917

The totenkopf badges appear to have never been removed and are original to this cap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Insignia, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac An imperial participation medal bar(Heer rmelschild eines turkestanischen Freiwilligen in der Wehrmacht). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse bearing a central machine embroidered multi coloured mosque, overlaid by an inscription of TURKISTAN, topped by an inscription of BIZ ALLA BILEN (WE BELIEVE IN ALLAH), unmarked, measuring 65 mm (w) x 100 mm (h), in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.