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Product Description: A very nice SS Gebirgsjager Shoulder Board set in overall excellent condition! These were intended for wear by an officer with the rank of SS-Untersturmführer (Lieutenant). These boards are in very nice condition, showing only very minimal fray to the silver cording throughout. There are no signs of there being removed or applied ciphers or pips, making this set very clean overall. The Waffenfarbe piping is an attractive medium green color, indicating the SS Gebirgsjager branch. The black wool underlay, indicating SS, remains intact with no damage. This set was produced as a “slip-on” type, produced to easily remove the boards from the tunic during the period. Black wool tongue strap intact and without repairs. This is an attractive and desirable SS Gebirgsjager Shoulder Board set which displays very well.
Historical Description: The German military as well as civil, political, and paramilitary organizations traditionally used shoulder straps and shoulder boards as uniform insignia, to denote the rank or function of the wearer. After the Nazi rise to power in 1933, there was a tremendous increase in the number of groups and organizations in Germany wearing officially sanctioned uniforms, and most of these organizations used shoulder straps and shoulder boards as a component of their regalia. The exact color of piping utilized, the material color, the type of braid or Tresse that was used, and the number or location of devices and pips present, allow shoulder boards to be tracked to the exact organization that issued them, and often yield even further detail such as the wearer’s rank and even his specific military unit. Normally worn in pairs, the boards were in some cases plain, and in other cases adorned with detailed embroidery or metal emblems. Some shoulder boards were made in the millions, others were specific to a single individual.
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