Panzer Officer Shoulder Board – Hauptmann

Product Description: This Panzer Officer Shoulder Board has great character, and appears to have been removed from a tunic. The top is made from wire braid with a matte finish, as was used on uniforms intended for field use. This braid is affixed to a base made of light pink wool, indicating Panzer branch, wrapped around an internal reinforcement. The board is adorned with two large gold finished rank pips, indicating a rank of Hauptmann (Captain). There is no unit cypher; use of these was discontinued for field units during wartime, as a security measure. This Panzer officer shoulder board is a sew-in style, that would have been stitched in to the shoulder seam of a tunic. It shows light, even wear all around. It remains in very good condition.

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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