A Set Of First War Prussian General’s Shoulder Boards Newly Listed Cased - Bronze

Cased - Bronze

Four Second War Period Worn American Ribbon Bars

light scattered signs of oxidation on the wings from storage

USS Sabine was actively employed along the east coast searching for Confederate raiders

Footnote: Alexander Russell Gay was born in 1896 in Michigan

A Set Of First War Prussian General’s Shoulder Boards Newly Listed Cased - BronzeAn extremely fine quality matching set of first war Prussian Generals shoulder boards; constructed of fine braids of interlocking silvered twisted wire with thin, black, arrow shaped breaks every 11 mm and interlocking gilded twisted wire; on a red wool backer; missing their red wool tongues to be slipped onto the uniform; measuring 123 mm x 47 mm; worn, but overall very fine condition.