Superb - matching and just moderately worn! - pair of neatly 'cyphered', WH (Heeres) officers'-type shoulderboards as was intended for usage by a: 'Hauptmann der Pioniere u. Mitglied der Kriegsschule Dresden'

This is a very attractive - fully matching and with certainty rarely encountered! - pair of neatly 'cyphered', WH (Heeres) officers'-type shoulderboards as piped in the black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured branchcolour as was specifically intended for usage by a: 'Hauptmann der Pioniere u. Mitglied der Kriegsschule Dresden' (or: engineers captain who served within the war-school as was based in the town of Dresden) and that comes in an overall very nice- (and I deem clearly used- ie. worn- and/or carefully tunic-removed-), condition. The neat shoulderboards - which are actually not that easily encountered and can easily be graded 'fairly rare' - are constructed in the smooth-type (ie. 'moleskin'-like) wool and are piped in the black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured branchcolour (denoting a: 'Pioniere'-background of the officer who wore these). The boards - which have a length of approximately 11 cms. each - never had any tongues and were clearly a pair that was worn as a pair of the 'sew-in'-pattern: both boards still show some stitching-holes ie. remains (as can be seen on the pictures). The boards have the 'silver-greyish'-coloured (ie. somewhat 'sub-dued'-) 'upperdecks' (something that - I deem - clearly identifies them as 'front-used' pair). The boards show some moderate age, wear and/or staining (as can be seen on the pictures). The boards originate from a private-household in Germany and were never before part of a collection. This pair shows a (fully matching, larger-sized- and/or bright-golden-toned) set of Gothic-styled- so-called: 'KS'-cyphers (ie, 'Ziffern'), smaller-sized- and equally-styled 'D'-cyphers -numerals and four (also equally styled) pips, period-attached: all eight devices show some minimal tarnish ie. wear but are simply very nicely preserved. Of additional interest is, moreover, the fact that the 'cyphers' (on one of the boards) were attached BEFORE the board was fully assembled. The neat pair does just show some age, wear and/or staining but is void of any damage or alike (as can be seen on the pictures). Simply a very attractive - and most certainly desirable! - WH officers'-pattern shoulderboard-pair that belonged to a: 'Hauptmann der Pioniere u. Mitglied der Kriegsschule Dresden': only the first such rare shoulderboard-pair I ever had on offer!