A Pair Of Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger Enlisted Man’s Shoulder Boards GTRexclude RAF records state Essen was

RAF records state Essen was second only to the capital city of Berlin in terms of total allied bomb tonage dropped during the war

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a three-deck sailing ship

Footnote: Franz Steigleder served in the Zerstörgeschwader 26 (Destruction Squadron 26) from the outbreak of the war until 1941

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A Pair Of Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger Enlisted Man’s Shoulder Boards GTRexclude RAF records state Essen wasA set of extremely well preserved, mint, new old stock Wehrmacht Gebirgsjger (Mountain troops) Enlisted Man shoulder boards; constructed of Feldgrau wool; edged by light green (leicht grn) Waffenfarbe piping; with tongue attached to the boards; gray rayon reinforcement strip sewn to the bottom; measuring approximately 130 mm x 44 mm; visually identical besides the reinforcement strip on the bottom; mint and unworn condition.