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    Chris,

    I'm afraid that the only legitimate officer's boards that you will find without some sort of backing are those of Hussar officers. All others, I believe, are just missing the backing.

    Chip

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    Yes, and incomplete they are. How are such boards attached to the tunic? I think you can see why backing was needed. Your 10.b.IR pair look like they are clean in the middle of the backside, where the backing protected the cords for some time.

    Chip

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    Guest Rick Research

    close up of the gossamer silver threads that must once have given off Minimal Twinkle when new:

    and dark gray style, with blackened devices:

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    Guest Rick Research

    close up of that style:

    Even on these dull, drab "yarn-ies," the effect when new (up VERY close) must have been like morning dew on spiders' webs, since there IS still bullion thread even in these subdued versions.

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    Guest Rick Research

    God, apparently there ARE still things I never posted before!

    Hauptmann iG (bedraggled) next to 3rd Reich Feuerwehr for what the color once was

    Leutnant Jäger Bn 4 (i.e. Ski Bn in Jäger Rgt 3/ Alpenkorps)

    Leutnant (der Reserve, certainly) Fußart Bataillon 10:

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    Rick,

    I'm not so sure about your ID on the Bavarian Jäger. I'm fairly certain that all officer's of Jäger Rgt. Nr.3 wore a number "3" on their boards, regardless of the battalion. The enlisted men certain did.

    Chip

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