Description
Very hard to find matching set of early pre war pointed M36 shoulder boards, they are heavily mothed but none the less they are still very hard to come by no matter what the condition is. The edge is 3/4th covered in sewn down silver tress indicating the NCO rank of Unteroffizier. The center of the tops of the straps show the embroidered rosa pink 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 [de]’), 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. Both boards still have both straps remaining which would allow them to still be born. Great set that would have one hell of a story to tell if they could talk!
