Germany, Heer. A Sports Shirt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maltese cross in silvered tombak

maltese cross in silvered tombak

Instituted in 1835

the corps having been raised by Lord Loch in February 1900

5 mm (h) and 37

Inspector-General King's African Rifles 1901-07

Germany, Heer. A Sports Shirt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maltese cross in silvered tombak(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