Fully matching - and most certainly very rarely encountered! - pair of WH (Heeres) NCO-type, 'tropical'-pattern shoulderstraps as was intended for an: 'Oberfeldwebel der Pionier-Trpn.'

This is a truly very attractive - fully matching and most certainly very rarely encountered! - pair of (I deem early- (ie. mid-) war-period- ie. presumably still 'DAK'- or: 'Deutsches Afrika Korps'-related-) WH (Heeres) NCO-type, 'standard-issued' and/or 'tropical'-pattern shoulderstraps as piped in the neat black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured branchcolour as was intended for - and most certainly worn by! - an: 'Oberfeldwebel der Heeres-Pionier-Truppen' (or: sergeant first-class who served within the army, engineer-troops) and that comes in an overall nice- (albeit moderately used ie. clearly worn- and/or tunic-removed-), condition. The neat shoulderstraps - which are as stated above totally matching in execution and/or style - measure approximately 10,5 cms. in length each. Both straps have the typical brownish-green- (ie. tropical-) coloured and/or linnen-based 'upperdecks' (and early-pattern, greenish-brown-coloured, woolen 'backings' as more often) and have the neat and desirable black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured branchcolour and/or desirable 'silk-like'-type piping, attached. The pair shows the golden-brown-coloured (ie. tropical sub-dued) NCO-braid and 4 (matching, regular-styled- and/or aluminium-based) pips period-attached and comes naturally mounted onto its functional tongues and comes as most certainly worn and/or stored as such for decades. The neat pair was always together and was most certainly worn as such. The pair - that came with two field-grey-toned tunic-buttons attached - is just a tiny bit dirty ie. stained and shows the clear evidence of having been moderately used and/or worn (it has minimally been faded due to obvious sunlight and does show some minimal staining). It should be noted that all (genuine!) tropical- ie. 'DAK'-related NCO-shoulderstraps are very hard to encounter and can easily be graded 'very rare': most of the pairs offered on todays' market are regrettably copies. This superb pair originated from an older shoulderstrap ie. board-collection that I recently acquired for the web-site. I am aware of the fact that they are highly priced something that is - I deem - according to their unmistaken rarity and/or desirability!