Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pair Of Signals Leutnant Shoulder Boards GTRexclude 12th REGt)

12th REGt)

Obertruppführer rank

and in 1936 Messerschmitt’s Bf 109 was awarded the distinction of becoming the its primary fighter aircraft

so picked it up thinking mother would like it

He graduated from West Point in 1934 in the rank of Second Lieutenant (10034)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pair Of Signals Leutnant Shoulder Boards GTRexclude 12th REGt)Constructed of a light brown wool base, the obverse bears four rows of silver aluminum interwoven Russian braid, the reverse bears an attachment strap of the same light brown wool, with a stitched reinforced buttoning hole, with a silver coloured pebbled button, measuring 30. 90 mm (w) x 108. 04 mm (h), very fine.