Germany, Imperial. A Set of Heer Hauptmann Shoulder Boards Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic sponsored by Miss Eleanor Fazzi

sponsored by Miss Eleanor Fazzi and commissioned on February 12

the reverse bearing raised inscriptions of “ERSTE

bubbling on the arms of the IC

Each corresponds to a specific professional sector—ranging from light industry and chemical-mining-energy workers to the merchant marine

Germany, Imperial. A Set of Heer Hauptmann Shoulder Boards Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic sponsored by Miss Eleanor Fazzi(Heer Schulterklappen fr einen Hauptmann). A matching set of Heer Hauptmann shoulder boards, each constructed of white wool white rigid card stock core, trimmed with yellow piping, bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with red threaded chevrons, and pinned with gilt numerals 50 flanked by dual pips, both unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 115 mm (l), demonstrating moderate material fatigue and mothing to the wool underlay, in