Panzer Grenadier Shoulder Straps – Unteroffizier

Product Description: This is a very rare set of M40 Panzer Grenadier Shoulder Straps for an NCO. Most surviving Panzer Grenadier shoulder straps are the late war, M44 style. This is an earlier type that appeared in 1940 and that saw more widespread use during the war. They are made of wartime field gray wool, with typical twill cotton lining fabric on the underside. They are a perfectly matched pair. Each strap has light green rayon branch piping, for a Panzer Grenadier unit. The top of each strap has machine applied wartime “field” type subdued rayon NCO Tresse, indicating a rank of Unteroffizier. The buttonholes and stitching are textbook in all aspects. These factory made, issue type Panzer Grenadier Shoulder Straps are in a very strong excellent condition, showing little or no wear. They would be perfect for completing a wartime combat tunic, and display great in their own right.

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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