Attractive - and fully matching! - pair of WH (Heeres) neatly 'cyphered', officers'-type shoulderboards as piped in the black-coloured branchcolour as was intended for an: 'Oberstleutnant des Pionier-Batallions 7'

The truly attractive WH (Heeres) officers'-type shoulderboard pair is piped in the black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured branchcolour and was as such intended for usage by a senior-officer holding the rank of: 'Oberstleutnant des Pionier-Batallions 7' (or: lieutnant-colonel who served within the 'Pionier'- (ie. engineers) 'Bataillion' (ie. battalion), numbered: '7') and comes in an overall nice- (I deem just moderately used- and/or carefully tunic-removed-), condition. The shoulderboards are 'text-book'-examples of the 'Heeres'-type, 'Pioniere'-shoulderboards and have the silverish-grey-coloured (ie. somewhat 'sub-dued'-pattern) 'upperdecks' (as can be noticed on the pictures). The boards show the desirable black- (ie. 'schwarzer'-) coloured branchcolour and were constructed from the typical 'smooth'-type wool as to be expected. The boards never had any tongues attached and were intended for - and clearly used! - as a pair of the 'sew-in'-pattern (as can be seen on the pictures). The boards measure approximately 11 cms. in length each and were most certainly issued- and/or worn as such and do show moderate age, wear and/or staining as to be expected. The pair - that was recently found at a German private-household - shows a fully matching set of (neatly bright-golden-toned, larger-sized and/or identical) '7'-numerals (ie. 'Ziffern') and a pair (of equally styled- and somewhat larger-sized-) pips period-attached. All four devices are just minimally stained- ie. tarnished but have preserved a fine and fairly tarnished age-patina. The pair came with a set of (silver-toned- and/or pebbled-styled) 'screw-on'-buttons (ie. 'Schraubknöpfe') attached. Simply a very attractive - and scarcely encountered! - WH (Heeres) officers'-pattern shoulderboard-pair that belonged to an: 'Oberleutnant Pionier-Batallions 7'!