Germany, Heer. A Set Of Chemical/Smoke Troops Oberstleutnent Shoulder Boards Auction hand-engraved RAF wings insignia mounted

hand-engraved RAF wings insignia mounted to a horizontal pinback

original ribbon with horizontal pin bar

1942 at 12:00pm for a POW of the scuttled Kriegsmarine armoured cruiser Admiral Graf Spee from the Argentinian camp on isla Martin Garcia

with Japanese script in black ink on the lid

the Bearer of this Pass must receive in every way privilege and help"

Germany, Heer. A Set Of Chemical/Smoke Troops Oberstleutnent Shoulder Boards Auction hand-engraved RAF wings insignia mounted(Heer Schulterklappen). A set of Heer Chemical Smoke Troops Oberstleutnant shoulder boards, each constructed of cardboard reinforced Burgundy red wool, bearing four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with bronze rank pips and numerals 6, the reverse of each with an integrated strap, both unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 115 mm (l), with minor material fatigue evident to the piping, in overall near extremely fine condition.