Germany, SS. A Set of Waffen-SS Gebirgsjäger Obersturmführer Shoulder Boards United Republic of Silver with a blue

Silver with a blue

Ostend (Flanders)

R denoting manufacture by Rothe

Plated silver

Germany, SS. A Set of Waffen-SS Gebirgsjäger Obersturmführer Shoulder Boards United Republic of Silver with a blue(Waffen SS Schulterklappen fr einen Obersturmfhrer der Gebirgstruppe). A matching set of Waffen SS Gebirgsjger Obersturmfhrer shoulder boards, each constructed of black wool with a rigid card stock core, trimmed with green piping, topped with four bands of silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with a single gilded pip, both unmarked, the reverse of each retaining an integral strap connecting to a pebbled button, both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w)