Single - and very unusual! - early-period (ie. 'M40-pattern and/or rounded-styled), WH (Heeres) 'cyphered' NCO-type shoulderstrap as was intended for an: 'Unteroffizier u. Mitglied des Eisenbahn-Pionier Rgts. 2'

This is a truly attractive - very unusual albeit regrettably single but nevertheless truly rarely found! - example of an early-period (ie. 'M40-pattern and/or rounded-styled and black- ie. 'schwarzer'-piped) WH (Heeres) 'cyphered', NCO-type shoulderstrap as was specifically intended for usage by an: 'Unteroffizier u. Mitglied des Eisenbahn-Pionier Regiments 2' (or: junior-sergeant ie. army-engineer-soldier who served within a specific 'Eisenbahn-Pioniere' ie. railway-engineer-unit, numbered: '2') and that comes in an overall very nice- (ie. just moderately used- ie. worn-), condition. The neat strap - which is executed in the darker-green-coloured wool as to be expected - has the neat black- ie. 'schwarzer'-coloured and/or woolen-type piping attached. The strap measures approximately 11,5 cms. in length and comes mounted onto its original (albeit I deem period re-attached) tongue. It shows the neat (machine-embroidered by means of so-called: 'Kurbelstickerei'), Latin-styled: 'E'-cypher (or: 'Ziffer') and dito '2'-numeral attached (which are executed in the black- ie. 'schwarzer'-coloured - and white-piped! - wool ie. linnen as to be expected). Of interest is, moreover, the fact that both 'cyphers' were (I deem) period-removed from a field-grey-coloured strap and were period-attached to a more early-pattern strap (something that I have seen before). The strap - which is of the typical 'standard-issued'-pattern that has the 'standard-issue'-pattern, silver-toned NCO-braid attached - shows as stated above only moderate usage and wear (just some minimal age, dust and/or staining is visible and/or present). This particular example originated from a small but wonderful collection of rarely seen 'cyphered' shoulderstraps I recently acquired for the web-site. It should be noted that ALL 'cyphered', NCO-pattern, 'Eisenbahn-Pioniere'-type shoulderstraps can easily be regarded 'rare' and come not that often for sale. In any case a very attractive and early-war-period, 'Heeres-Eisenbahn-Pioniere'-related, NCO-type shoulderstrap that was intended for usage by a: an: 'Unteroffizier u. Mitglied des Eisenbahn-Pionier Regiments 2': too bad that it is only a single specimen!