Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pair of Flight Personnel/Fallschirmjäger Oberstleutnant Shoulder Boards Hold depicting a black cross pattée

depicting a black cross pattée in the centre

marked on reverse with designer “Otto Placzek

This is the first edition set issued by the Comet Metal Products Company

measuring 40mm (w)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pair of Flight Personnel/Fallschirmjäger Oberstleutnant Shoulder Boards Hold depicting a black cross pattée(Luftwaffe Paar Schulterklappen fr einen Oberstleutnant der Fliegertruppe Fallschirmjger). A matching pair of Luftwaffe Flight Personnel Fallschirmjger Oberstleutnant shoulder boards, each constructed of golden yellow wool with rigid card stock cores, topped by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with a single silvered pip, both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 105 mm (l), in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.