Germany, SS. A Pair of Mint Waffen-SS Foreign Volunteer Arm Shields Auction Footnote: SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Schröder was

Footnote: SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Schröder was awardedIron Trefoil for "exceptional brave conduct and successful leadership of his units during 1943

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Germany, SS. A Pair of Mint Waffen-SS Foreign Volunteer Arm Shields Auction Footnote: SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Schröder was(Waffen SS rmelschilder fr auslndische Freiwillige). A pair of Waffen SS foreign volunteer arm shields, including: 1. A 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) insignia, constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow fasces with details highlighted in red threading, situated within a golden yellow border, unmarked, measuring 53 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition. 2. A Latvian