Single, early- (ie. mid-war-) period, WH (Heeres) 'cyphered', NCO-type (ie. 'M40'/'M43'-pattern-) shoulderstrap as was intended for usage by an: 'Unteroffizier des Wehr-Ersatzdienstelle im Wehrkreises XIII'

This is an attractive - albeit regrettably single but nevertheless not that often encountered! - early- (ie. mid-war-) period- (ie. 'M40'/'M43'-pattern), WH (Heeres) 'cyphered', NCO-type shoulderstrap having the white- ('weisser'-) coloured branchcolour as was intended for - and most certainly worn by! - an: 'Unteroffizier des Wehr-Ersatzdienstelle im Wehrkreises XIII' (or: junior-sergeant who was part of the recruitment-troops within the area of 'Wehrkreis XIII' (being situated in the larger Nürnberg-region) and that comes in overall nice- (albeit issued ie. moderately worn-), condition. The shoulderstrap - which does show some regular age ie. wear and/or minimal staining caused by moderate usage - comes in an overall nice, albeit moderately used- and/or worn condition but is void of any damage whatsoever. The strap is executed in the field-grey-coloured wool and has (next to the silverish-grey toned NCO-braid - the desirable 'silk-like'-type- and white- ('weisser'-) coloured piping attached. The neat shoulderstrap - which never had a tongue attached and that was which certainty intended to be worn as a piece of the 'sew-in'-type - measures approximately 13,1 cms. in length and shows the neat Latin-styled- and/or: machine-embroidered (Roman-styled): 'XIII'-numerals (as executed in white- (ie. 'weisser'-) coloured so-called: 'Kurbelstickerei' as to be expected, denoting the NCO-rank ie. function of: 'Unteroffizier'. I deem that I have priced this neat (and rarely seen!): 'Unteroffizier des Wehr-Ersatzdienstelle im Wehrkreises XIII'-shoulderstrap according to its evident desirability and/or comparative rarity!