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The regulation design of the cuff title was a 40mm wide silver-grey fabric band with a decorative black border, embroidered in black cotton thread with the word KURLAND between two shields. The left-hand shield bore a cross ending in fleurs de lys – the arms of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights – while the shield to the right showed ...
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The "Courland" campaign cuff title (Ärmelband Kurland in German) was a military decoration of Nazi Germany awarded to soldiers of Army Group Courland who fought in the Courland Pocket during World War II. The "Afrika" campaign cuff band (Ärmelband Afrika) was awarded to soldiers who took part in Nazi Germany's North African campaign of 1941–43.
Metz 1944 Cuff Title, 1944 Courland Cuff Title, 1944–1945 Military and paramilitary badges. Army/ Waffen-SS war badges. Infantry Assault Badge
The aggregation of troops that became named Army Group Courland was created when the Red Army reached the Baltic Sea near the Memel river on Tuesday, 10 October 1944. As a result, what was then known as Army Group North was cut off in one section of Latvia from the rest of the German Army , and was to stay cut off for the remainder of the war.
The cuff title was a 32mm wide black fabric band, silver-edged, with the embroidered inscription Metz 1944 in silver braid, [1] similar in style to Waffen-SS divisional and regimental cuff titles. [5] It was worn on the lower left sleeve of the uniform, [5] including by members of Nazi party organisations. [3]
In 1957, the Federal Republic of Germany authorized the wearing of alternative de-nazified replacement versions of a number of war decorations. These included the German Cross, with the swastika replaced by a representation of the Iron Cross for the gold division, and the War Merit Cross with Swords for the silver division.
The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross is presented as a large iron cross supported by a band that is in the tricolor of the German Empire (Red, White and black). The cross itself has a large swastika in the middle of it with the year 1939 on the bottom arm, while the backside is vacant of any markings. Depending on the version, the award can have ...