Germany, SS. A Set of Waffen-SS Armoured Cavalry/Reconnaissance Enlisted Personnel Shoulder Straps, with Owner Portrait

(Waffen-SS Schulterklappen für Männer der Kavallerie/Aufklärung, mit Porträt). A matching set of Waffen-SS Armoured Cavalry/Reconnaissance shoulder straps, each constructed of black wool with field-grey wool underlays, trimmed with golden-yellow piping, and bearing reverse straps with reinforced buttonholes, both unmarked and measuring 46 mm (w) x 105 mm (l), in extremely fine condition, accompanied by a portrait of the owner with the straps in wear, the former also wearing an M43-style tropical field cap with a two-piece eagle and Totenkopf insignia, in addition to a Sahariana field blouse with the sleeve rolled up, the reverse bearing a partially-legible stamp and handwritten dedication to an unidentified recipient from “SEPP’L”, dated 21 September 1944, measuring 85 mm (w) x 130 mm (h), with a large spot of damage visible to the left side of the image and some discolouration throughout, in fair condition.