Germany, Ss. A Third Pattern Lssah Unterscharführer’s Shoulder Strap GTRexclude (Kriegsmarine Afrikakorps Ärmelabzeichen)

(Kriegsmarine Afrikakorps Ärmelabzeichen)

1915 in Dranoutre (near Ypres)

he later moved to Canada and was a resident of Owen Sound

Third Republic (1870-1952)

the tunic measures 460 mm across the shoulders

Germany, Ss. A Third Pattern Lssah Unterscharführer’s Shoulder Strap GTRexclude (Kriegsmarine Afrikakorps Ärmelabzeichen)(Waffen SS Schulterklappe fr Unterscharfhrer der LSSAH). A rare third pattern Leibstandarte SS AH (LSSAH) Unterscharfhrers shoulder strap, constructed of black wool, the obverse trimmed with a silver aluminum wire tresse and bearing a central machine embroidered silver grey LSSAH cypher, the reverse with an integral strap featuring a reinforced buttonhole meeting an analogous buttonhole on the obverse, unmarked, measuring 46 mm (w) x 130 mm (l), the