Description
Product Description: A very impressive example of a Panzer Officer Shoulder Board. This Panzer Officer Shoulder Board is produced in silver flatwire style cording, which shows signs of patina. Pink wool piping and reverse to denote Panzer service, in extremely fine condition for the rank of a Leutnant. No pips and zero signs of any ever being present. Slight traces of tack holes around the outer edge of the reverse, likely from a previous veteran or collector display. This is a sew-in variety, and would have been sewn into the shoulder seam on a tunic. Don’t miss this Panzer Officer Shoulder Board!
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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