Attractive - and fully matching! - pair of WH (Luftwaffe) administrative-officers'-pattern shoulderboards as was specifically intended for usage by an 'Oberleutnant des gehobener Dienstes'

This is an attractive pair of WH (Luftwaffe) administrative-officers'-pattern shoulderboards (ie. 'Schulterstücke für Verwaltungs-Offiziere der Luftwaffe') having the darker-green- (ie. 'grüner'-) coloured branchcolour and having the (typical) dove-grey- (ie. 'grauer'-) coloured secondary branchcolour (ie. 'Zwischenfarbe') as was specifically intended for usage by a Luftwaffe-related: 'Oberleutnant des gehobener Dienstes' (or: air-forced-officer being of a rank comparable witin an: 'Oberleutnant'- ie. lieutnant first-class-rank) and that comes in an overall very nice- (I deem simply never worn- ie. 'virtually mint'-), condition. The boards - which have an approximate length of 11,5 cms. - are executed in the 'smooth'-like- and/or (typical) darker-green-coloured wool (aka moleskin'-wool) and have the have the dove-grey- (ie. 'grauer'-) coloured secondary branchcolour (ie. 'Zwischenfarbe') and typical silver-coloured (and shiny!) 'upperdecks' something that was obligatory for all shoulderboards as worn and/or used by the various 'Verwaltungs-Offiziere der Luftwaffe' holding this particular rank). The boards - which were worn on the 'standard'-type, bluish-grey-coloured 'Luftwaffe'-officers-pattern tunics - show a pair of (bright-golden-coloured- and/or 'Buntmetall'-based) pips, period-attached (as can be seen on the pictures). The pair never had any tongues and was most certainly intended as a pair of the 'sew-in'-pattern (as can be seen on the pictures). This interesting shoulderboard-pair originates from a larger shoulderboard- and/or insignia-collection I recently acquired for the web-site. Note: The German army had a tradition of maintaining a separate branch of 'Verwaltungs-Beamte' (ie. administrative-officials tasked to oversee all various administrative functions) who were responsible for a wide variety of administrative-tasks including court martial-, librarian-, supply-, technical- and meteorological-services, to schooing-, barracks- and/or: hospital-administration. Most 'officials-careers' consisted of four 'grades' being: 'high'-, 'elevated'-, 'medium'- and/or 'low'-grades with slightly differing identifying-insignia for each grade. The grade of the career was determined by the education and/or experience of the individual. Initially, all these 'Verwaltungs-Beamte' were identified by the darker-green-coloured branchcolour (ie. 'Waffenfarbe') having a secondary-branchcolour (ie. 'Neben- o. Zwischenfarbe') to indicate their actual career ie. function. There were various assorted 'Verwaltungs-Beamte' used the greyish-coloured branchcolour as the secondary-branch-colour making it virtually impossible to fully identify the function of the officer who wore these boards. Nevertheless, still an attractive pair of: 'Schulterstücke für Verwaltungs-Offiziere der Luftwaffe' that is (I deem) fairly priced!

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