Germany, Empire. A Generalarzt Medical Officer’s Shoulder Boards, Matching Pair consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 22mm (h – including integral

22mm (h – including integral ring)

Damour is a large town on the coast of Lebanon and is approximately thirty kilometres south of Beirut

along with maker’s mark of Fish Fernand Alfred Antoine

The photos show a soldier of the Heer in the rank of Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) who at some point joined the SS to become an SS-Oberscharführer in the SS-Polizei-Division

the cap measures approximately 260 mm (w) x 275 mm (l) x 160 mm (h)

Germany, Empire. A Generalarzt Medical Officer’s Shoulder Boards, Matching Pair consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 22mm (h – including integral(Generalarzt Schulterklappen). A matching pair of Generalarzt shoulder boards, the obverse with dual strands of bullion tresses oriented in a U shape with a black embroidered band separating the two, and with dual blue embroidered bands at the base, both shoulder boards with a gilded caduceus, the underside with dark blue doeskin with a loop for fastening the boards to the uniform, one of the boards with a period original paper tag attached, measuring