Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield United Republic of new regulations were instituted to

new regulations were instituted to bring about uniformity in dress for all police throughout the country

Completing the dagger is a pommel consisting of a double-sided wreathed mobile swastika

emanating from a button with period original ribbons

reverse marked J Tostrup

Germany, SS. A Rare Waffen-SS Latvian Legion Arm Shield United Republic of new regulations were instituted to(rmelschild der lettischen Freiwilligen der Waffen SS). Of multi piece construction, consisting of an off white cotton twill base, overlaid on the obverse by a layer of maroon cotton till, defaced by a diagonal off white tresse in representation of a Latvian national emblem, topped by a black bare bearing a printed white inscription of LATVIJA, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), a scarce domestically produced variant in uniform removed and