Description
Nice single strap M40 shoulder board, overall a minty shoulder board. The edge is fully covered in sewn down silver tress with 1 pip as well, indicating the NCO rank of Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant.) The center of the tops of the strap shows the aluminum gothic “S” for Schutzen with the number “1” underneath for Panzer Regiment 1. When Germany first introduced Motorized Infantry in the 1930s those regiments that were the Infantry component of the Panzer Divisions, prior to being known as Panzer Grenadiers (from 1942), were termed ‘Schützen Regimenter’ (organized into ‘Schützen Brigaden’). Some were Cavalry in origin (belonging to Divisions that had originally been ‘Light Divisions’, and carried on the designation used in the First World War – Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment. Sometimes these designations persisted after the official change to Panzer Grenadier. The board still has the green wool attachment strap remaining. Great board to a hardened Panzer Regiment.
