Germany, Ss. A Set Of Infantry Senior Storm Leader (Hauptsturmführer) Shoulder Boards United Republic of A 1797 Lower Austrian Merit

A 1797 Lower Austrian Merit Medal - In silver

The scabbard is silvered bronze with the ornate Croatian design and pebbling in the body and shows signs of silvering loss in places but is free of dents

a day after he was promoted to the rank of Generalfeldmarschall by Adolf Hitler

The original leather shoulder strap has eight holes for length adjustment

and carried out training in the Naples area in preparation for the invasion of the south of France

Germany, Ss. A Set Of Infantry Senior Storm Leader (Hauptsturmführer) Shoulder Boards United Republic of A 1797 Lower Austrian MeritFour rows of light gray cord wound with silvery gray colored rayon wool threads, wrapped in a u shape, in a chevron formation, with two gilded zinc pips (gilding mostly gone) affixed to the upper on each, button hole for uniform attachment, edged with white waffenfarbe rayon threads (indicating Infantry formations), undersides and strap in black wool, with black tongues in black rayon wool bland, with scattered interruptions in the fabric and light