Germany, Ss. A Converted Lssah Obersturmbannführer Shoulder Board United Republic of reverse engraved “No 82214 WILLIAM

reverse engraved “No 82214 WILLIAM F

In solid Gold with fine blue

the reverse with a vertical pinback and design number “33992”

wearing a pith helmet and reviewing the troops

He arrived with his new regiment on November 15th but sought hospitalization a month later

Germany, Ss. A Converted Lssah Obersturmbannführer Shoulder Board United Republic of reverse engraved “No 82214 WILLIAM(Waffen SS Schulterklappe fr Obersturmbannfhrer der LSSAH). A 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte AH (LSSAH) Obersturmbannfhrer shoulder board which appears to be converted from a colour matching Heer issued board, constructed of rose pink wool with a card stock core and absent the typical black wool underlay, topped by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with a silvered zink rank pip and gilded LSSAH cypher, unmarked,