Attractive - 'period-promoted' and fully matching! - pair of 'cyphered'- (and I deem early- ie. mid-war-period) WH (Kriegsmarine) NCO-type shoulderstraps as was intended for usage by a: 'Feldwebel eines Küsten-Artillerie-Abteilungs'

This is a truly attractive - fully matching and actually not that easily encountered! - neatly 'cyphered'- (and I deem fairly early- (ie. mid-) war-period pattern pair of NCO-type shoulderstraps as was specifically intended for usage on the field-grey coloured navy-style tunics as worn by a: 'Feldwebel eines Küsten-Artillerie-Abteilungs' (or: NCO ie. sergeant who served within a naval coastal-artillery unit) and that comes in an overall nice- (and I deem just minimally used- ie. worn- and/or carefully tunic-removed-), condition. The straps - which are fully 'text-book' in all facets - measure approximately 11,8 cms. in length (and have a width of 5,5 cms. as usually seen) have the typical field-grey-coloured- and/or woolen-based 'upperdecks' and come without tongues: they were with certainty used as a pair of the 'sew-in'-pattern. The straps have the (typical) golden-toned NCO-braid attached and show a matching pair of (I deem zinc-based- and somewhat tarnished) so-called: 'winged-shell-anchor'-cyphers or: 'Ziffern' and two (smaller-sized and equally-styled) pips period-attached (denoting the rank of 'Feldwebel'). Of additional interest is, moreover, the fact that that the NCO who wore this pair was presumably (field?)promoted and used his 'cyphered' EM-type straps (that still show the neat interwoven 'winged-shell-anchor'-cyphers or: 'Ziffern' which are both executed in golden-yellow-coloured linnen as can be noticed on the pictures). The straps show some minimal age, wear and/or staining but are totally void of any damage (as can be seen on the pictures). It should be noted that ALL 'Küstenartillerie' insignia-pieces are actually quite hard to encounter: those 'cyphered' examples even more so, which grades them easily as 'scarce'. Simply an attractive 'cyphered', naval NCO-type shoulderstrap-pair that was intended for usage on the field-grey-coloured attire!

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