Third Reich POA Russian Volunteer Bevo Arm Shield – Item 97337

Third Reich German Army Russian Volunteer Shield – Bevo cloth  “POA” Foreign Volunteer Shield as worn by Russians in the Wehrmacht. Excellent condition.

NOTE:  The Russian Liberation Army  (Pусская освободительная армия, Russkaya osvoboditel’naya armiya, abbreviated  as РОА, ROA, also known as the Vlasov army (Власовская армия, Vlasovskaya armiya)) was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Russians, that fought under German command during WWII . The army was led by Andrey Vlasov, a Red Army  general who had defected, and members of the army are often referred to as Vlasovtsy (Власовцы). In 1944, it became known as the Armed Forces of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia.