Germany, Wehrmacht. A Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Insignia, First Pattern visually-hidden a maker’s mark of “KEIBEL”

a maker’s mark of “KEIBEL”

Mounted as originally worn German/Bavarian style

Six clasps: PARIS

framed by a open-ended wreath of oak leaves and acorns in green and brown

Canadian Decoration

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Insignia, First Pattern visually-hidden a maker’s mark of “KEIBEL”(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.