Infantry 10th Regimental Cypher Slides

Product Description: A matched pair of WWII German Infantry 10th Regimental Cypher Slides, each featuring a crisply executed chain-stitched numeral “10” in white on dark field-grey wool.They have aged very nicely as they are really suppose to be blue which can you can tell when you turn them inside out, they are blue.  These slides remain in excellent overall condition, exhibiting light, honest wear consistent with period use. The stitching remains strong and intact, with hand-sewn joins on the reverse securing the loop ends. These Infantry 10th Regimental Cypher Slides are a fine example of regimentally marked enlisted insignia—ideal for completing a tunic or enhancing any WWII German infantry collection.

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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