Superb, pair of early- (ie. pre-) war-period WH (Heeres), 'M36'- (ie. 'M40-) pattern (rounded-style) 'cyphered' NCO-type shoulderstraps as was intended for an: 'Unteroffizier u. Mitglied des Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon (mot.) 33'

This is a very attractive - fully matching and with certainty scarcely found! - pair of (fairly early-war ie. rounded-styled) and neatly 'cyphered', WH (Heeres) NCO- (ie. 'M36'- ie. 'M40'-pattern) shoulderstraps as piped in the white- (ie. 'weisser'-) coloured branchcolour as was specifically intended for - and clearly used by! - an NCO (ie. 'Unteroffizier' or: junior-sergeant) who served within a replacement, motorised infantry-unit ie. bataillon, numbered: '33') and that comes in an overall very nice- (albeit just moderately used ie. worn- and/or most certainly once tunic-attached-), condition. The straps are just moderately worn and do show some minimal wear, age and/or staining but are void of any real damage or alike (as can be seen on the pictures). The straps show the desirable white- (ie. 'weisser'-) coloured- and/or woolen-type piping and measure approximately 11,5 cms. in length each. The pieces show the 'standard'-pattern (somewhat sub-dued) silverish-grey-coloured, NCO-braid attached and never had any tongues attached: they were most certainly used as a pair of the 'sew-in'-pattern (as can be seen on the pictures). The set shows a pair of the neat (larger-sized and/or: nicely hand-embroidered) so-called: 'E'-cyphers (ie. 'Ziffern') and/or equally styled- and/or smaller-sized (double) '3'-numerals attached denoting that the NCO who wore this pair served within the: 'Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon (mot.) 33'. The pair came with a set of field-grey-coloured tunic-buttons attached and is constructed from the typical (smooth-based) darker-green-coloured wool and is (I deem) a non-'standard-issued'- ie. typical tailor-made pair. These type of shoulderstraps are of the fairly early-war-period-pattern straps and were worn in the period around 1939/1940 (and were 'worn-out' even during the rest of the war). This particular pair originated from a larger cloth- ie. 'cyphered'-shoulderstrap-collection I recently acquired for the web-site. Simply an attractive - and with certainty desirable! - 'cyphered', 'Infanterie'-related NCO-type shoulderstrap-pair that belonged to an: 'Unteroffizier u. Mitglied des Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon (mot.) 33': I deem that I priced this very attractive - and rarely encountered! - pair according to its overall nicely preserved condition!