Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Shoulder Boards

(Schulterklappen). A mixed lot of eight shoulder boards, including a matching set of Gendarmerie Wachtmeister boards, each constructed of card stock-reinforced orange wool and bearing two outer bands aluminum wire piping interspersed with black threaded chevrons, in turn around two inner bands of brown threaded piping, both unmarked and measuring 32 mm (w) x 114 mm (l), each displaying small spots of mothing to the reverse, in overall near extremely fine condition; a matching set of Feuerschutzpolizei Wachtmeister boards, each constructed of card stock-reinforced carmine wool and bearing two outer bands of aluminum wire piping interspersed with black threaded chevrons, in turn around two inner bands of brown threaded piping, both unmarked and measuring 32 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), each displaying small spot of mothing to the reverse, in overall near extremely fine condition; a matching set of Reichsbahn Paygroup 17 boards, each constructed of card stock-reinforced red wool and bearing four bands of dark navy blue threaded piping interspersed with gold bullion wire chevrons, both unmarked and measuring 28 mm (w) x 114 mm (l), in extremely fine condition, and; a matching set of Reichsbahn Paygroup 8 boards, each constructed of card stock-reinforced red wool and bearing four bands of gold bullion wire piping interspersed with dark navy blue threaded chevrons, both unmarked and measuring 28 mm (w) x 116 mm (l), in extremely fine condition.