Attractive - fully matching and with certainty scarcely found! - pair of NCO-type, so-called: 'Ostvölker'- (ie. presumably Luftwaffe-?) related shoulderstraps that come in a 'virtually mint- ie. unissued' condition

This is an attractive - fully matching and with certainty scarcely found! - pair of NCO-type, so-called: 'Ostvölker'- (ie. presumably Luftwaffe-?) related shoulderstraps that come in a 'virtually mint- ie. unissued' condition. The pair is 'off-factory' constructed from a 'standard'-pattern pair of 'regular'- (ie. fully 'text-book') so-called: 'simplified' ie. 'M44'-pattern, WH (Luftwaffe) 'Flieger-/Fallschirmjäger'-related shoulderstraps having the golden-yellow- (ie. 'goldgelbener') coloured- and/or 'silk-like'-type piping attached. The neat straps show a single stripe of silver-coloured- (ie. regular LW-type) NCO-braid off-factory-attached in a vertical manner (almost certainly signifying the NCO-rank) although this could not be full ascertained. Of interest is, moreover, the fact that both button-holes were applied AFTER the NCO-braid was attached - see pictures). The straps - which measure 9,5 cms. in length each - come as stated above in a 'virtually mint- ie. unissued' condition and were almost certainly intended for usage by one of the foreign volunteer- ie. 'Ostvölker'-related units ie. regiments. To date, the exact usage or signifigance could not be identified yet. These neat pairs of 'Ostvölker'-related shoulderstraps can easily be graded 'very scarce' and come not that often for sale!

Code: 61427