Germany, Wehrmacht. A Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Insignia, First Pattern United Republic of including a set of Flight

including a set of Flight Personnel Oberfeldwebel shoulder straps

circumscribed by an inscription of “ORDRE DU SAINT ESPRIT” (“ORDER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT”) with a date of “1740”

He was attached to the Grand Fleet

Plot: Section 1 Lot 153

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Insignia, First Pattern United Republic of including a set of Flight(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.