Germany, Heer. A Set Of Flak/Artillery Oberstleutnant Shoulder Boards GTRexclude plus a bow at its

plus a bow at its base

one without attachment

Army 25 Years Service Medal

The Australian troops who arrived at the downed plane just prior to his death reported his last word as "kaputt" (broken)

Footnote: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German-built and -operated

Germany, Heer. A Set Of Flak/Artillery Oberstleutnant Shoulder Boards GTRexclude plus a bow at its(Heer Schulterklappen). A set of Heer Flak Artillery Oberstleutnant shoulder boards, each constructed of cardboard reinforced red wool and bearing four bands of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire piping, each pinned with a gilded bronze rank pip and with an integrated reverse wool strap, both unmarked and measuring 42 mm (w) x 95 mm (l), some mothing and material fatigue evident, in overall better than very fine condition.