Germany, Weimar Republic. A Freikorps Schlageter Shield Badge, with Spartakus Campaign Clasp, Variant III, by Paul Küst consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the interior is lined in

the interior is lined in champagne-coloured rayon with a orange-brown leather sweatband

You have doubtless received official word that your son Pte McArthur

1884 (Medal and Khedives Star)

and Russian campaigns and was killed in action on 27 June 1941 in Wielka Wola (presumably at the start of Operation Barbarossa)

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Freikorps Schlageter Shield Badge, with Spartakus Campaign Clasp, Variant III, by Paul Küst consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the interior is lined in(Schlageter Schild). Instituted July 31st, 1934. (Variant III with Spartakus Campaign Clasp). An example of a very well preserved Weimar Freikorps Schlageter badge, constructed of silvered tombac with very fine details, the obverse with a Christina cross, with the Spartakus and 1919 23 campaign clasps, with crossed swords within a wreath consisting of laurel leaves on the left side, and oak leaves on the right side, separated by a bow on the bottom,