(Waffen-SS Ärmelschild Italia). Constructed of cotton dyed on the obverse in field-grey bearing a printed insigni consisting of a horizontal Italian tri-colour topped by an inscription of “ITALIA”, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 110 mm (h), with minor wear and soiling evident, in very fine condition.
Footnote: According to “Foreign Legions of the Third Reich Volume 2: Belgium, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, and Spain” (David Littlejohn, 1987), page 242, the example offered was undoubtedly manufactured, but whether it was worn by members of the 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) or by Italian volunteers of the 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger remains unclear.

