Single, Waffen-SS NCO-type shoulderstrap as piped in the bright-red-coloured branchcolour as was intended for usage by an: 'SS-Hauptscharführer' who served within the: 'SS-(Sturm)Artillerie-Trpn.'

This is a neat - and I deem clearly worn albeit regrettably single! - Waffen-SS, NCO-type shoulderstrap that shows the neat bright-red- (ie. 'hochroter'-) coloured branchcolour and/or typical rayon-type piping attached and was as such worn by an NCO holding the rank of an: 'SS-Hauptscharführer der (Sturm)Artillerie-Truppen' (or: NCO ie. sergeant first-class who served within the artillery-troops). The strap is a typical privately-purchased SS-NCO-strap and does show the clear signs of having been used and/or worn as such. The shoulderstrap - that measures approx. 11 cms. sized in length as more often encountered - shows clear age simply caused by wear and/or usage: moreover, does it show some glue-residue (I deem caused by having glued into an album or scrapbook once. The strap was used as a strap of the sew-in pattern and comes without tongue and also shows the field-grey-coloured 'underlay' (as can be noticed on the pictures). It shows the typical, silverish-grey-coloured (ie. non-sub-dued) NCO-braid and a pair of (identical, regular-sized and aluminium-based) pips period-attached denoting that it was used by an NCO holding the rank of: 'Hauptscharführer' (or: sergeant first-class). It should be noted that these original, period Waffen-SS-shoulderstraps can nowadays easily be graded 'scarce': even more so when they are of the NCO-type and piped in the not that commonly encountered, bright-red-coloured- (ie. 'SS-(Sturm)Artillerie-Truppen'-) related branchcolour. I deem that I have priced this Waffen-SS NCO-type shoulderstrap according to its glue-stained condition: too bad that it is only a single specimen!