WWII Sleeve Shield for Aserbaidschan Foreign Volunteer Other Specialty Items as receipt of this award

as receipt of this award would then designate the recipient a title of mobility

He served in the US army for 38 years

are all present

and is bound with a gold cord

The letter from the Center for War Losses and Prisoners is dated 23 June 1944 and is informing his family that he was assumed to have been taken prisoner but that they would keep them posted once they knew his exact fate

WWII Sleeve Shield for Aserbaidschan Foreign Volunteer Other Specialty Items as receipt of this awardWWII Sleeve Shield for Aserbaidschan Foreign Volunteer This is printed in blue, red, and green over a black shield and a red background. The word Aserbaidschan is seen in red at the top of the shield. (Azerbaijan played a key role in the oil supply during the war, and the German Operation Edelweiss was meant to take the oil fields of Baku to cut off that supply.) This is excellent and unissued!