International. A Mixed Lot of Shoulder Boards and Straps

A mixed lot of 12 shoulder boards and straps, including a Heer Infantry Unteroffizier strap, constructed of field-grey wool, trimmed with white piping, and bordered by a silver aluminum wire tresse, the reverse with an integral strap with a reinforced buttonhole, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 125 mm (l), in better than very fine condition; a Heer Infantry Feldwebel strap, constructed of field-grey wool, trimmed with white piping, bordered by a silver aluminum wire tresse, and pinned with an aluminum pip, the reverse with an integral strap with a reinforced buttonhole, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 112 mm (l), in near extremely fine condition; a Waffen-SS Infantry Oberscharführer strap, constructed of black wool, trimmed with white piping, bordered by a silver aluminum wire tresse, and pinned with an aluminum rank pip and numerals “12”, the reverse with an integral strap with a reinforced buttonhole, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 105 mm (l), missing its typical grey wool underlay and demonstrating material fatigue, in very fine condition; a Reichsfinanzverwaltung Zollsekretar board, constructed of dark green wool with a card stock core, topped by two bands of green threaded piping interspersed with silver aluminum wire chevrons, set around two bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with green threaded chevrons, and pinned with two silvered zink rank pips around a central Reichsfinanzverwaltung cypher, retaining a pebbled aluminum button, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 100 mm (l), missing half of the wool underlay with consequent core exposure, in fair condition; a Schutzpolizei Meister shoulder board, constructed of green wool with a card stock core, topped by two bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with brown threaded chevrons, set around piping of identical construction interwoven with dark brown threaded piping, the reverse with an integral strap with a reinforced buttonhole, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 105 mm (l), in extremely fine condition; a matching set of German Democratic Republic Forestry Service boards, both unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 100 mm (l), in near extremely fine condition; a German Democratic Republic Police board, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), in very fine condition; a Soviet Armoured Officer board, unmarked, measuring 65 mm (w) x 152 mm (l), in near extremely fine condition; a Soviet NCO board, unmarked, measuring 58 mm (w) x 132 mm (l), in near extremely fine condition, and; a matching set of Bundeswehr Gefreiter shoulder boards, both unmarked and measuring 50 mm (w) x 120 mm (l), in unissued and near mint condition.