Germany, Heer. A Set Of Chemical/Smoke Troops Oberstleutnent Shoulder Boards Auction 1942 at 12:00pm for a

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

but it was obvious from the glow reflected thereon

original ribbon with horizontal pin bar

with Japanese script in black ink on the lid

In both cases the additional engraving was catalogued

Germany, Heer. A Set Of Chemical/Smoke Troops Oberstleutnent Shoulder Boards Auction 1942 at 12:00pm for a(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.