Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set of Flight Personnel/Fallschirmjäger Oberst Shoulder Boards visually-hidden one depicting a black-and-white sketch

one depicting a black-and-white sketch of General Hans Gaede

achieving world records in gliding

" In regards to the thumb he injured in June 1915

measuring 35 mm (w) x 70 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set of Flight Personnel/Fallschirmjäger Oberst Shoulder Boards visually-hidden one depicting a black-and-white sketch(Luftwaffe Schulterklappen fr einen Oberst der Fliegertruppe Fallschirmjger). A matching set of Luftwaffe Flight Personnel Fallschirmjger Oberst shoulder boards, each constructed of golden yellow wool with buckram cores, topped by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with two pips, both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 105 mm (l), one board demonstrating some fading to the wool, in uniform removed and near extremely fine