Original German WWII Heer Army Rocket & Chemical Troops Lt. Colonel Shoulder Boards - Oberstleutnant Category_Brunswick Guns The cap is lined with

The cap is lined with deep golden-yellow silk with a 75% complete celluloid diamond

reducing the width somewhat

New York they embarked on the RMS Queen Mary and sailed on 27 October disembarking at Greenock on the Firth of Clyde on 3 November 1943

the 16th Infantry had broken through the beach defenses and established a foothold that allowed follow-on units to land and move through

The leather liner was long ago removed

Original German WWII Heer Army Rocket & Chemical Troops Lt. Colonel Shoulder Boards - Oberstleutnant Category_Brunswick Guns The cap is lined withOriginal Item: Only One Set of 2 Available. This is a very nice set of German WWII Heer Oberstleutnant's (Lieutenant Colonel's) Schulterstcken (Shoulderboards) with a single "pip" or star in the quadruple silver Russia braid. This rank is equivalent to the U. S. Lt. Colonel, above the rank of Major but below the "Full" colonel. This set of shoulder boards have very nice bordeauxrot (Bordeaux Red) felt backing, which was the Waffenfarbe (corps color)