Pair of early- (ie. mid-) war-period WH (Heeres), 'M40-pattern 'cyphered' NCO-type shoulderstraps as was intended for usage by a: 'Feldwebel u. Mitglied des Eisenbahn-Pionier-Ersatz-Batls. 4'

This is a truly attractive - fully matching and with certainty scarcely found! - pair of early- (ie. mid-) war-period and neatly 'cyphered', WH (Heeres) NCO- (ie. 'M40'-pattern) shoulderstraps as piped in the black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured branchcolour as was specifically intended for - and just moderately used by! - an NCO (ie. 'Feldwebel' or: sergeant) who served within the: 'Eisenbahn-Pionier-Ersatz-Battalions 4' (or: armoured-trains-related, replacement engineers'-unit ie. bataillon, numbered: '4') and that comes in an overall very nice- (albeit 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 damage or alike (as can be seen on the pictures). The straps show the desirable black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured- and/or woolen-type piping and measure approximately 12,4 cms. in length each. The pieces show the 'standard'-pattern (ie. non-sub-dued) silverish-coloured, NCO-braid attached and come mounted onto their period-attached tongues as found (as can be seen on the pictures). The pair shows a pair of the neat (frosted-silver-toned, identical, larger-sized and/or: typical 'Buntmetall'-based) so-called: 'E'-cyphers (ie. 'Ziffern'), equally styled- and smaller-sized '4'-numerals and two (identical, and also equally-styled) pips period-attached denoting the NCOs rank of a: 'Feldwebel' (or: sergeant). The pair is constructed from the typical field-grey-coloured wool and is with certainty a 'standard-issued'-pair. These type of shoulderstraps are of the fairly early-war-period-pattern straps and were worn in the period around 1941/1942 (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', 'Eisenbahn-Pioniere'-related NCO-type shoulderstrap-pair that belonged to a: 'Feldwebel u. Mitglied des Eisenbahn-Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillons 4': I deem that I priced this very attractive pair according to its overall very nicely preserved condition!