Single, WH (Heeres) 'cyphered' officers'-type shoulderboard as piped in the bright-orange (ie. 'orangeroter'-) coloured branchcolour as was intended for a: 'Hauptmann u. Mitglied einer Divisionsstabes'

The regrettably single - truly attractive and actually scarcely found! - WH (Heeres) shoulderboard is a typical, 'text-book'-example of a Heeres-pattern, officers'-type shoulderboard and has the greyish-silver-toned (ie. somewhat 'sub-dued') 'upperdeck': the board was with certainty issued and worn as such and does show some moderate age, wear and/or staining (as can be seen on the pictures). The board shows the desirable bright-orange- (ie. 'orangeroter'-) coloured branchcolour (and was constructed from the 'smooth-type' wool as to be expected). The board never had a tongue attached and was with certainty intended - and worn! - as a board of the 'sew-in'-pattern (as can be seen on the pictures). The board measures approximately 11 cms. in length and shows a (Gothic-styled, minimally tarnished, bright golden-toned, 'Buntmetall'-based and somewhat larger-sized) capital 'D'-'cypher' (ie. 'Ziffer') and a matching pair of (larger-sized, golden-toned and equally somewhat tarnished) pips period-attached denoting the officers'-rank of: 'Hauptmann' (ie. captain). All three devices are just minimally stained- ie. tarnished (as can be seen on the pictures). Taking into account, the fact that this board has the somewhat 'sub-dued'-type 'upperdeck' I deem that it was with certainty intended to be used onto a regular, front-used tunic. It should also be mentioned that these officers'-pattern, 'Divisionsstab'-related shoulderboards are actually quite hard to come by and can easily be graded 'fairly scarce'. This neat board originated from a private-household in Germany and was never before in collectors'-hands. Simply a very attractive orange-piped, WH (Heeres) shoulderboard that belonged a: 'Hauptmann u. Mitglied einer Divisionsstabes': too bad that it is only a single example!