Germany, SS. An Allgemeine-SS Officer’s Shoulder Board

(Allgemeine-SS Schulterklappe). Constructed of black wool with a cardboard reinforcement, the obverse bearing three interwoven bands of braided silver aluminum wire piping for ranks Sturmbannführer through Standartenführer, the reverse with a magnetic metal eyelet reinforcing a buttonhole, unmarked, measuring 28 mm (w) x 125 mm (l), in uniform-removed and extremely fine condition.