Germany, Heer. A Pair Of Heer (Army) Artillery Hauptmann’s Shoulder Boards Auction Archive A 1938 NSDAP Weilheim Kreistag

A 1938 NSDAP Weilheim Kreistag 700 Jahr-Feier badge

separation evident on the edge of one board and exposing its underlying support

England and immigrated to Canada at the age of 19

his Boer War and First War veteran father

The modern safety match utilized red phosphorus

Germany, Heer. A Pair Of Heer (Army) Artillery Hauptmann’s Shoulder Boards Auction Archive A 1938 NSDAP Weilheim Kreistag(Heer Artillerie Schulterklappen). Constructed of a smooth red wool base with a magnetic metal interior reinforcement, each bearing four rows of twisted silver aluminum wire loop around a buttonhole, two gilded bronze rank pips, and additional field grey wool flaps with reinforced buttonholes, unmarked, each measuring 36 mm (w) x 129 mm (l) inclusive of flap, in uniform removed and very fine condition.