A Mint Pair Of Wehrmacht Artillery Unterfeldwebel Rank Shoulder Boards Auction possibly with the Saint John

possibly with the Saint John Fusiliers

WIRGOT" on the reverse)

but when we heard the continuous roar of guns at Loos on our right and Ypres on our left we were satisfied that the long promised offensive had begun

with some slight soiling on the reverse but overall extremely fine condition

who was three years his junior and served as a Private in the King's Own South Wales Borderers

A Mint Pair Of Wehrmacht Artillery Unterfeldwebel Rank Shoulder Boards Auction possibly with the Saint JohnA set of extremely well preserved, mint, new old stock Wehrmacht Artillery Unterfeldwebel (Staff Sergeant equivalent) rank shoulder boards; constructed of Feldgrau wool; with 8 mm wide machine embroidered tress in grey threading on all three sides; edged by bright red Rot piping; with tongue attached to the underside of the boards with a cotton reinforcement strip sewn to the bottom of each; measuring 123 mm x 44 mm; mint and unworn condition.