Germany, Heer. A Sports Shirt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ” (14th Infantry Regiment)

” (14th Infantry Regiment)

with only one small chip in white enamelled star

In mid May of 1943 Sträuber spent a month with the 3rd Company of Marching Battalion 5 Lappland

maker marked "SPINK & SON Ltd" on the inside lid

consisting of 14 officers and 139 NCOs and men

Germany, Heer. A Sports Shirt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ” (14th Infantry Regiment)(Heer Sporthemd) A well preserved Heer sports shirt, constructed of white cotton. The shirt is sleeveless and features dual shoulder straps. Stitched onto the chest is an insignia consisting of a white cottonbacker bearing a machine embroidered black Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 24 cm (w) x 13 cm (h) overall. It is unmarked with the exception of a tag stitched into the back of the collar bearing a black ink size mark