Moderately used pair of neatly 'cyphered', WH (Heeres) officers'-type shoulderboards as was intended for usage by a: 'Hauptmann u. Mitglied der Artillerie-Schießschule Thorn'

This is an attractive - fully matching and with certainty quite scarcely encountered! - pair of neatly 'cyphered', WH (Heeres) officers'-type shoulderboards as piped in the bright-red- (ie. 'hochroter'-) coloured branchcolour as was specifically intended for usage by a: 'Hauptmann u. Mitglied der Artillerie-Schießschule Thorn' (or: artillery-captain who served within within the artillery-shooting school based in the town of Thorn) and that comes in an overall 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 scarce' - are constructed in the smooth-type (ie. 'moleskin'-like) wool and are piped in the bright-red- (ie. 'hochroter'-) coloured branchcolour (denoting an: 'Artillerie'-background of the officer who wore this pair). 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. The pair shows a (fully matching, larger-sized- and/or bright-golden-toned) set of Gothic-styled- so-called: 'S'-cyphers (ie. 'Ziffern') and four (equally styled, larger-sized) pips, period-attached: all six devices show some minimal tarnish ie. wear but are simply very nicely preserved. The neat pair does just show some age, wear and/or staining but is void of any real damage or alike (as can be seen on the pictures). Simply an attractive - and most certainly desirable! - WH officers'-pattern shoulderboard-pair that belonged to a: 'Hauptmann u. Mitglied der Artillerie-Schießschule Thorn': only the first such neat officers'-type shoulderboard-pair in this particular rank I ever had on offer!