Germany, Heer. A Mint Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield, First Pattern Newly Listed the badge fob measuring 22

the badge fob measuring 22 mm in diameter

Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Harry Hamilton Dempsey (8387)

Pinned to the peak is an insignia consisting of a tricolour cockade with a non-magnetic metal frame set around a red wool centrepiece

with the intention of expanding it to a division

a lightly worn example with two small pin-sized holes in the ribbon from previous collector’s mounting

Germany, Heer. A Mint Turkestan Legion Volunteer’s Sleeve Shield, First Pattern Newly Listed the badge fob measuring 22(Heer rmelschild fr Freiwillige Turkistan 1. Form). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered blue and red shield defaced by a Turkic bow, topped by an inscription of TURKISTAN, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 90 mm (h), in unissued and extremely fine condition.