Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set of Flight Personnel/Fallschirmjäger Oberst Shoulder Boards United Republic of dated to Berlin on May

dated to Berlin on May 24

He was stationed at Cape Gloucester

Missanabie on June 1

He was promoted to Korvettenkapitän (Corvette Captain) and received the (18th) Swords on September 1

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZ DEUTSCHLANDS” (“FOR WORK IN THE DEFENCE OF GERMANY”)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set of Flight Personnel/Fallschirmjäger Oberst Shoulder Boards United Republic of dated to Berlin on May(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