Stunning - and exceedingly rarely encountered! - German-produced, 'BeVo'-type armshield entitled: 'Freies Indien' (being a piece that was intended for a volunteer who served within the: 'Deutsche Wehrmacht' ie. the Indian Legion)

This particular colourful volunteer-armshield shows the Indian national colours (and detailed jumping Tiger-illustration) with above that the text: 'Freies Indien' and is neatly woven in the so-called: 'BeVo'-weave technique: it comes in an overall very nice- (and with certainty issued- and/or moderately worn- and/or carefully tunic-removed), condition as can be seen on the pictures). This example is truly one of the rarer 'BeVo'-type arm-shields to encounter and only the second such rare example I ever had on offer (I have two similar examples in my private-collection of which one is equally confectioned). The shield on offer here comes in a truly wonderful condition and is very different from the many copies that are regrettably in existance today. This rare 'Freies Indien'-armshield (which is unmistakenly from German-production) saw only limited usage and was (amongst others) worn by the Indian volunteers serving in the coastal-fortifications of the famous 'Atlantik-Wall' (such as in Holland and France). The piece on offer here does show some minimal age ie. staining on its back and does still shows some of it stitching-remains with which it was once tunic-attached (as can be seen on the pictures). These - original - 'official' arm-shields as executed in 'BeVo'-type weave (ie. German manufacture by the company of 'BeVo'!) can be easily considered 'exceedingly rare': simply a wonderful example that will be very hard to be upgraded and that is priced according to its unmistaken rarity and/or desirability!

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