Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set Of Very Rare Eastern Volunteers Flight Junior Officer's Shoulder Boards Auction 233 mm in diameter x

233 mm in diameter x 50 mm in depth

screw-back version

in an area around Guadalcanal known as "Ironbottom Sound

the one on the right representing "Fortune"

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set Of Very Rare Eastern Volunteers Flight Junior Officer's Shoulder Boards Auction 233 mm in diameter xIn grayish blue wool, three sides trimmed in dark yellow piping, indicative of the positions of Flieger and Fallschirmjager, with matching strap, a strip of bright silver Luftwaffe rank tress sewn in place in the centre of the upper and carries around to the strap, the undersides of the board and strap with a 17 mm wide grayish blue cotton strip sewn in place, both the boards and straps with a reinforced button hole for uniform attachment, 45 mm x 112