Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Good Morning.I want to take a few moments and show off what I have in the way of shoulder boards. The reason for posting them here is that they are of various branches of the military/govt and Did not want to scatter them throughout the forum.The first scan is of medical related boards. The Majors are all Heer. For some reason, the Staff/serpent insignia are not were never placed on these boards. The Oblt are Luftwaffe, another Luft Board is Lt. The Lt board with the duller braid is heer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 (edited) The next pic is of a pair SS Obersturmf?hrer medical boards and a single EM board of a Heer medical Feldwebel. Edited November 16, 2005 by Paul Reck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 Next is a set of Heer Hauptman Veterinarian Boards and a single Kriegsmarine Veterinarian Board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Paul - I used to have a small collection of TR shoulderboards, but sold them off. I currently collect East German insignia, to include shoulder boards. It is amazing how much shoulderboards remained the same in the East German Army. Here are a couple of examples. KevinEngineer field grade, Major to Colonel. Note that they used more pips than TR SBs to denote rank.[attachmentid=14468] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 Next up is a set of Heer transport/supply boards for a Hauptman. The tabs came with these boards. There is a numbered transport board. No cypher. Could this be a paymaster?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 The next pic:Single Luftwaffe General Staff OberstSingle Luftwaffe Pioneer/Reichsluftfahrtministerium MajorSingle Salty and extremely well worn Infantry Major that used to be an Oberst. The regimental numbers were removed as wellSingle Heer Arty HauptmanSingle Luftwaffe Flak Lt.Single Heer Signals Lt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 The next set has:A set of Hauptman's Boards(if someone has two pips matching the ones on the other board, please let me know... I would like to restore this set to the way it used to be.)A single Heer Pioneer Officer Candidate. I need an original set of two pips for this one as well. (larger sized)A single Luftwaffe Flak EM boardA single Luftwaffe Sonderfuhrer BoardA single Heer Admin board with a grey secondary waffenfarbe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 The next and last photo is of civil boards.Police MeisterZoll set(I do not know the rank at this time)Judicial board(I know nothing of the rank strcture or roll these people played) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 (edited) Paul - I used to have a small collection of TR shoulderboards, but sold them off. I currently collect East German insignia, to include shoulder boards. It is amazing how much shoulderboards remained the same in the East German Army. Here are a couple of examples. KevinEngineer field grade, Major to Colonel. Note that they used more pips than TR SBs to denote rank.You are so correct!! That is why I love East German items as well. The problem is that I do not have much more space to add to this. I might be selling a lot of my DDR stuff off in the future.http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2569Warm regardsPaul Edited October 30, 2005 by Paul Reck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Rank of the RFV pair is "Zollsekret?r." The tabs which went with this Sergeant Major level had a low flat wreath with two tiny pips above it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 (edited) You are so correct!! That is why I love East German items as well. The problem is that I do not have much more space to add to this. I might be selling a lot of my DDR stuff off in the future.http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2569Warm regardsPaulPaul - I saw that thread, and was very very impressed. I did a small bit of collecting DDR when I was in Berlin and could have kicked myself for not picking up stuff that has risen greatly in price in the past couple of years, like daggers, binos, reference publications, and anything para. I have to echo Ed Hayes' remark from that thread, "I gave up uniforms due to storage space (= wife) problems." I've exceeded my spouse allowed closet space with DDR, Soviet and WWII U.S. uniforms, helmets, field gear, boots, ect... But DDR shoulder boards, collar tabs, medals and badges take up much less space so I've concentrated on them. Unfortunately much of what is on the market now is common and the lower quality stuff that was churned out in the last few years of the DDR. If you are intrested is selling or trading DDR shoulder boards, collar tabs or insignia, keep me in mind. Kevin Edited October 30, 2005 by ehrentitle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 Paul - I saw that thread, and was very very impressed. I did a small bit of collecting DDR when I was in Berlin and could have kicked myself for not picking up stuff that has risen greatly in price in the past couple of years, like daggers, binos, reference publications, and anything para. I have to echo Ed Hayes' remark from that thread, "I gave up uniforms due to storage space (= wife) problems." I've exceeded my spouse allowed closet space with DDR, Soviet and WWII U.S. uniforms, helmets, field gear, boots, ect... But DDR shoulder boards, collar tabs, medals and badges take up much less space so I've concentrated on them. Unfortunately much of what is on the market now is common and the lower quality stuff that was churned out in the last few years of the DDR. If you are intrested is selling or trading DDR shoulder boards, collar tabs or insignia, keep me in mind. KevinRick,Thank you for the information. I was getting ready to break out the reference books upstairs. I had forgotten that I had these boards.Kevin,Thank you for your kind words. I will keep you in mind when I go to sell these things off(which might not be that far away). I started collecting East German items about 4-5 years ago. Before I started with WW2 German. I would love to see what you have sometime. Start a thread!!Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Rick,Thank you for the information. I was getting ready to break out the reference books upstairs. I had forgotten that I had these boards.Kevin,Thank you for your kind words. I will keep you in mind when I go to sell these things off(which might not be that far away). I started collecting East German items about 4-5 years ago. Before I started with WW2 German. I would love to see what you have sometime. Start a thread!!PaulOk Paul, I have quite a few but only a few scanned. I'll start a thread on DDR SBs in the Soviet & Eastern Block Militaria & Awards forum. The areas I'm still have major holes are in are Volksmarine, Warrant Officer School, General Officer field SBs, Artillery, Para, Rear Services and Air Defense. I've tried to stay away from civil stuff, but have quite a few VP SBs as a result of buying a trading. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Paul,Next up is a set of Heer transport/supply boards for a Hauptmanthe pair of boards with the "Staff of Mercury" are for a Stabsintendant (Hauptmann) in the administrative branch of the Truppensonderdienst (Special Troop Service) created on 1 May 1944.RegardsGlenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 (edited) I look forward to seeing your collection of goodies! Thank you Glenn! The numbered set with the "607" are piped with the same waffenfarbe. Was the wearer in the Special Troop Service as well? Edited October 31, 2005 by Paul Reck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Nice set Paul. I also have a few NVA SB's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 Thank you for your compliment Lawerance. Please post them in the Post War section. I would love to see them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Ok, Here is the thread I started on DDR SBs: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3130&hl= Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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