M44 Infantry EM Straps

Product Description: These M44 Infantry EM Straps are a really hard thing to find when you need a pair. This is an outstanding, near mint and matching set; truly rare to find like this. The tops of these issue type Army shoulder straps are made from a typical, coarse, late war field gray wool, with textbook corded keyhole buttonholes that are perfectly executed in dark gray thread. The rayon piping is textbook for these late war straps, too, and is white, indicating Infantry, a super desirable and tough color to find on these late war issue boards. The undersides of these boards are made of scrap fabric, as is typical; the blue-green color of the underlay suggests this is captured Italian fabric. These are slip-on boards, that would button on to the shoulders of a tunic or greatcoat; the tongues are a late war simplified style made of woven cotton HBT tape. The condition of these M44 Infantry EM Straps is perfect, with only extremely slight age toning.

Historical Description: The German military as well as civil, political and paramilitary organizations traditionally used shoulder straps and shoulder boards as uniform insignia, to denote the rank or function of the wearer. After the Nazi rise to power in 1933, there was a tremendous increase in the number of groups and organizations in Germany wearing officially sanctioned uniforms, and most of these organizations used shoulder straps and shoulder boards as a component of their regalia. The exact color of piping utilized, the material color, the type of braid or Tresse that was used, and the number or location of devices and pips present, allow shoulder boards to be tracked to the exact organization that issued them, and often yield even further detail such as the wearer’s rank and even his specific military unit. Normally worn in pairs, the boards were in some cases plain, and in other cases adorned with detailed embroidery or metal emblems. Some shoulder boards were made in the millions, others were specific to a single individual.

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