Shoulder Board with black velvet underlay - Pionier?

[Naxos]

I have Pionier Boards with red and black underlay - this one has only the black velvet

Regards, Hardy

Edited May 13, 2009 by Naxos

[Chip]

I have Pionier Boards with red and black underlay - this one has only the black velvet

Regards, Hardy

Hardy,

I have been trying to figure out what that pair are since I first saw them on Ebay. There were some technical related officer's boards that had only a black velvet underlay. Examples are, the Festungsbau-Offizier, the Feuerwerksoffizier, and the Zeugoffizier. Unfortunately, not one of them had a unit number.

Chip

Edited March 21, 2008 by Chip

[Naxos]

Chip;

there is a single hole in the middle - do you think this board originally carried just an Oberleutnant pip and no number? Also 13 would suggest W?rttemberg and for that it has the wrong thread through the silver.

Hardy

Edited March 21, 2008 by Naxos

[Guest Rick Research]

How about normal NON-plushy black?

My friend Bernd has this Perplexing Prussian Mystery Major:

[Chip]

Rick,

The cording looks like it once had a device (holes). Perhaps it is a wartime piece and that was the only material that the tailor could get. Otherwise?