Germany, Heer. A Pair Of Rare Armoured Combat Engineer Sergeant Shoulder Boards GTRexclude a wreathed cockade

a wreathed cockade

Olympic and was transferred to the 16th Reserve Battalion and thence the 47th (Western Ontario) Battalion and entered France on 18 October 1917

also a period studio photograph of the recipient

Osborn enlisted as a Private (B-557014) on January 6

in an inter-woven thatched pattern in the centre

Germany, Heer. A Pair Of Rare Armoured Combat Engineer Sergeant Shoulder Boards GTRexclude a wreathed cockade(Schulterklappen). A pair of Panzerpioniere (Armoured Combat Engineer) Feldwebel (Sergeant) shoulder boards, constructed of black wool with tresse produced of bright silver aluminum thread, each bearing a single silvered rank pip, each presenting waffenfarbe of black and white flecked type piping, which was introduced in late 1943, each reverse is backed with field grey wool, attached to complete tongues constructed of black rayon and field grey wool,