(Kriegsmarine Gürtelschnalle für Marinebeamte)
He completed a number of qualification courses and was recommended as a good classroom instructor
but demonstrates the manufacturing characteristics typical of maker "FLL" ( Friedrich Linden Lüdenscheid)
the six o’clock arm marked along the edge with a silver content number of “938” and with a “W” indicating manufacture by the firm of Johann Wagner & Sohn
a central ribbed cockade with black and red detailing encompassed by an open-ended oak leaf wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set of Flak/Artillery Oberstleutnent Shoulder Boards Auction (Kriegsmarine Gürtelschnalle für Marinebeamte)(Luftwaffe Schulterklappen fr einen Oberstleutnant der Flak Artillerie). A matching set of Luftwaffe Flak Artillery Oberstleutnant shoulder boards, each constructed of red wool with rigid card stock cores, topped by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, and bearing a single gilded zink pip, both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), demonstrating loss of finish and some oxidation to the pips, in near extremely fine condition.