Germany, Imperial. A Set Of Army Hauptmann Shoulder Boards Auction and the Second Madagascar Expedition

and the Second Madagascar Expedition of 1894-1895

A lot of eight stick pins

The prism allows the user to read the bearing/shoot the azimuth while looking at the target

and served on the Canada-United States Joint Defence Board (1940-1942)

He was wounded in action and was awarded the Silver Star and the Croix de Guerre

Germany, Imperial. A Set Of Army Hauptmann Shoulder Boards Auction and the Second Madagascar Expedition(Heer Schulterklappen fr Hauptmann der Infanterie). A matching set of Imperial Army Hauptmann shoulder boards, each constructed of white wool with card stock cores, topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black and white chevrons, and pinned with two gilded zink rank pips and numerals 55, both unmarked and measuring 41 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), demonstrating material fatigue consistent with age and field use, in uniform