Germany, Luftwaffe. A Hermann Göring Lieutenant Collar Tab and a Shoulder Board

Item #G47722

$354

(Schulterklappen und kragenspiegel). A collar tab constructed of white wool, bordered by rolled silver bullion wire, presenting a single bullion seagull above crossed bullion branches, with raised flat wire accents representing the veins of the wreath, missing the standard buckram core, measuring 45 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), and in fair condition. Accompanied by a single shoulder board, constructed of white wool, bearing a gilded Russian braid, measuring 30 mm (w) x 117 mm (h), and in fair condition.

 

Footnote: Previously removed from a Third Reich political party podium flag. An Allied Soldier picked up this flag and added on German insignia, eventually sewing and attaching eighty-seven German Second War period embroidered and printed insignia, including twenty-five various shoulder boards, rank insignia, collar patches, breast eagles, medal ribbons, Naval trade badges, and cap insignia, all of which have now been removed.