Germany, Heer. A Set Of Infantry Hauptmann Shoulder Boards Auction Archive standing over seven feet tall

standing over seven feet tall

within a wreath of wheat stalks

and in the following year he was engaged in the Battle of Liza across the Russian border

both set on a 40 mm-long bronze bar with a horizontal pinback

Germany, Heer. A Set Of Infantry Hauptmann Shoulder Boards Auction Archive standing over seven feet tall(Heer Schulterklappen). A set of Heer Infantry Hauptmann shoulder boards, each constructed of cardboard reinforced white wool, bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with dual gilded zink rank pips and stylized numerals 517, the reverse of each with an integrated wool strap, both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 105 mm (l), soiling and material fatigue evident, in overall very fine condition.