Attractive - and fully matching! - pair of WH (Heeres) 'M36- o.M40'-type'- and neatly 'cyphered' EM-type shoulderstraps as was intended for usage by a: 'Soldat des Wehr-Ersatzdienstelle im Wehrkreises IX'

This is an attractive - and/or fully matching! - pair of early- (ie. pre-war) period- (ie. 'M36- o. M40'-type'- and/or rounded styled) neatly 'cyphered' WH (Heeres) enlisted-mens'-type shoulderstraps as piped in the bright-orange- (ie. 'orangeroter'-) coloured branchcolour as was specifically intended for usage by a: 'Soldat des des Wehr-Ersatzdienstelle im Wehrkreises IX' (or simple soldier who was part of the recruitment-troops within the area of: 'Wehrkreis XI' being a larger area situated in the provinces Hessen and Thüringen and of which its staff was residing in the town of Kassel) and that comes in an overall very nice- (ie. I deem simply never used- ie. 'virtually mint- ie. unissued'-), condition. The neat straps do simply show no age nor wear whatsoever and have the darker-green-coloured- and/or woolen-based 'upperdecks' and do show as stated above the bright-orange- (ie. 'orangeroter'-) coloured branchcolour and/or woolen-type piping. The shoulderstraps never had tongues attached and were pieces that were intended to be worn as a pair of the 'sew-in type' (I deem that it was a typical pair that was to be used on a dress-tunic or: 'Waffenrock'). The straps - which measure both approximately 13 cms. in length each - show the neatly embroidered (by means of so-called: 'Kurbelstickerei') the Roman-styled 'IX'-numerals ie. 'Ziffern' (which are executed in orange-coloured stitching) denoting that it was a pair that was intended for a soldier who was attached to the: 'Wehr-Ersatzdienstelle im Wehrkreises IX'. The straps were simply never used and originate from the leftovers of an old tailor-shop: the pair shows some obvious storage-age only (as can be seen on the pictures). Simply a very decorative and/or fully 'text-book' and actually not that often encountered! - 'Heeres'-type, 'cyphered' shoulderstrap-pair that belonged to a: 'Soldat des des Wehrersatzdienstelle im Wehrkreises IX'!