Germany, SS. A Rare Latvian Legion Wartime Photo Album to SS-Oberschütze Alberts Jansons, with Sleeve Shield and Award Document consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac he embarked Japan on June

he embarked Japan on June 1st

Grand Cross Breast Star

designated for those who volunteered to serve on the front in a combat unit during the Great War

the dagger bears the unmistakable characteristics of manufacture by the firm of Emil Voos of Solingen

opening with a hand-drawn illustration of a mountainous village and an inscription of “KÄRNTEN 1939” (“CARINTHIA 1939”)

Germany, SS. A Rare Latvian Legion Wartime Photo Album to SS-Oberschütze Alberts Jansons, with Sleeve Shield and Award Document consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac he embarked Japan on June(Fotoalbum der lettischen Freiwilligen der Waffen SS). A rare and fascinating private wartime photo album compiled by SS Oberschtze Alberts Jansons, constructed of card stock binding with interior pages of identical construction, the latter pasted with 124 wartime images, depicting uniformed Waffen SS personnel in the field, training, and at leisure, including depictions of Latvian Legion insignia in wear, with both the arm shield and the classic