Pair of WH (Heeres) officers'-pattern shoulderboards as piped in the neat black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured branchcolour: 'Oberstleutnant u. Mitglied der Pionier-Trpn.'

The attractive - and actually quite scarcely found! - 'higher-ranked', WH officers'-pattern shoulderboards are typical, 'text-book'-examples of the Heeres'-type shoulderboards and have the silver-greyish- (ie. truly somewhat 'sub-dued'-type-) 'upperdecks': they were with certainty issued and/or worn as such and do show some moderate age, wear and/or staining (as can be seen on the pictures). The boards show the desirable black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured branchcolour (and were constructed from the typical 'smooth-type' wool as can be noticed on the pictures). The pair never had any tongues attached and was clearly used as a pair of the 'sew-in'-pattern (as can be seen on the pictures). The boards measure approximately 10,3 cms. in length each and show a single (matching, somewhat darkened, golden-toned, regular-sized and/or 'Buntmetall'-based) pip period-attached denoting the (fairly high!) officers'-rank of an: 'Oberstleutnant' (or: lieutnant-colonel). Both devices are just minimally stained- ie. tarnished but have preserved a fine (and just minimally darkened) age-patina (as can be seen on the pictures). Taking into account, the fact that this pair has the somewhat 'sub-dued'-type 'upperdecks' I deem that it was a pair that was intended to be used onto a regular 'front-used'-tunic. It should be mentioned that these officers'-pattern, 'Pioniere'- (ie. army engineer-troops-) related shoulderboards are actually quite difficult to come by and can easily be graded 'fairly scarce'. Simply a very attractive WH (Heeres) shoulderboard-pair that belonged an: 'Oberstleutnant u. Mitglied der Pionier-Truppen'!