A Luftwaffe Short-Sleeved Tropical Shirt Auction Archive Active service in France and

Active service in France and RussiaEmbarked for France with the 2nd Battalion in March 1915

I moved forward with men of my company as skirmishers

fine stitching at the seams

this pennant remains in very fine condition

1941 and named Sergeant two days later

A Luftwaffe Short-Sleeved Tropical Shirt Auction Archive Active service in France andFabricated from tan cotton, horizontal straps and brown finished zinc buttons with pebbled uppers on both shoulders, where shoulder straps would have resided, the button on the right shoulder marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M5 8" (F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid) on the reverse, the button on the left shoulder maker marked "A & S" (F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid) on the reverse. The front has two pockets sewn in