Germany, Heer. A Set Of Chemical/Smoke Troops Oberstleutnent Shoulder Boards GTRexclude 1936 to October 26

1936 to October 26

taking employment as a workman in the brickyard of Thomas Irwin in the summers and as a textile operative in the textile mills of Thomas Drake and Caleb Milne in the winters

he was an Artifier Engineer

This is a remarkable grouping for a soldier of both World Wars

Germany, Heer. A Set Of Chemical/Smoke Troops Oberstleutnent Shoulder Boards GTRexclude 1936 to October 26(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.