Germany, Empire. A Generalarzt Medical Officer’s Shoulder Boards, Matching Pair Hold (ii) a 1st/6th Airborne Division

(ii) a 1st/6th Airborne Division Pegasus patch in light blue embroidery on a maroon wool base

MC has "9" instead of an "8" in his service number versus his records (R252181)

The fine quality peaked officer's service cap is fabricated from a grayish-blue wool-cotton blend

with a leather drawstring fed through the holes and tied in a knot

on 3 January 1895

Germany, Empire. A Generalarzt Medical Officer’s Shoulder Boards, Matching Pair Hold (ii) a 1st/6th Airborne Division(Generalarzt Schulterklappen). A matching pair of Generalarzt shoulder boards, the obverse with dual strands of bullion tresses oriented in a U shape with a black embroidered band separating the two, and with dual blue embroidered bands at the base, both shoulder boards with a gilded caduceus, the underside with dark blue doeskin with a loop for fastening the boards to the uniform, one of the boards with a period original paper tag attached, measuring