Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Set of Fregattenkapitän Engineer Shoulder Boards

(Kriegsmarine Fregattenkapitän Schulterklappen). A set of Kriegsmarine Fregattenkapitän Engineer shoulder boards, each constructed of cardboard-reinforced dark blue wool, bearing four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with a gilded bronze rank pip and cogwheel, both unmarked and measuring 38 mm (w) x 100 mm (l), in extremely fine condition.

Footnote: From the collection of Roger Bender.