Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set of Flight Personnel/Fallschirmjäger Oberst Shoulder Boards GTRexclude the obverse medallion in Gold

the obverse medallion in Gold consisting of a white enameled Shamrock Cross with green enameled fans in the quadrants between the arms of the cross

For the next almost two years Meuser would fight defensive battles in Karelia and northern Finland

semblance of white paint on the original ribbon

1939 Clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class - 2nd Pattern

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set of Flight Personnel/Fallschirmjäger Oberst Shoulder Boards GTRexclude the obverse medallion in Gold(Luftwaffe Paar Schulterklappen fr einen Oberst der Fliegertruppe Fallschirmjger). A matching set of Luftwaffe Flight Personnel Fallschirmjger Oberst shoulder boards, each constructed of golden yellow wool with rigid card stock cores, topped by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with two gilded metal pips, both retaining a period pebbled metal button, the former both maker marked on the reverse with the logo of Dr. Franke