Germany, Ss. An Italian Ss Volunteer Legion Sleeve Shield Newly Listed a second Black Grade award

a second Black Grade award

(Panzerkampfazbeichen)

and it is trimmed along the edges with gold tresse displaying swastikas

Accompanied by a miniature consisting of a six-pointed multirayed star in silver

gilt loss evident on the sides but the bottom retains most of its gilt

Germany, Ss. An Italian Ss Volunteer Legion Sleeve Shield Newly Listed a second Black Grade award(Waffen SS rmelschild Italia). Constructed of cotton dyed on the obverse in field grey bearing a printed insigni consisting of a horizontal Italian tri colour topped by an inscription of ITALIA, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 110 mm (h), with minor wear and soiling evident, in very fine condition. Footnote: According to Foreign Legions of the Third Reich Volume 2: Belgium, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, and Spain (David Littlejohn, 1987), page 242,