A Set Of Second War German Volunteer Army Turkestan Legion Em Shoulder Straps Archive as removed from the uniform

as removed from the uniform

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

The French National Order of Merit

with the photo credits "Hofphot

H Schmidt & Sons

A Set Of Second War German Volunteer Army Turkestan Legion Em Shoulder Straps Archive as removed from the uniformTurkistan 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