December 2021 Auction
Lot 853:
Sold for: $400
Description
Ostturkischer Waffen-Verband der SS woven cuff title.
Ostturkischer Waffen-Verband der SS cuff title. The Ostturkischer Waffen-Verband der SS was formed in 1944 as 1. Ostmuselmanisches SS-Regiment with the support of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husseini, with the intention of expanding it to a division, Muselmanischen SS-Division Neu-Turkistan.
The men came from the Turkic units in the Heer that had been disbanded (450th, 480th and I/94 Turkic Battalions), prisoners of war and men working in Germany.
It was transferred to Belorussia in February 1944, where it trained and was used for anti-partisan missions.
Constructed of green rayon, the obverse trimmed with white machine-embroidery, with a white machine-embroidered inscription of “ OSTTURKISCHER WAFFEN-VERBAND DER SS”, the reverse with a black and white machine-embroidered checkered lining, unmarked
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