Germany, Heer. A Pair of Railway Engineer Leutnant Shoulder Boards Newly Listed the left sleeve stamped in

the left sleeve stamped in black ink with the vertically listed numbers "39

(Abzeichen für Blockadebrecher mit Anstecknadel und Etui)

reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback

Maltese Cross in silver gilt

the Order of Volunteerism and the Order of Public Instruction

Germany, Heer. A Pair of Railway Engineer Leutnant Shoulder Boards Newly Listed the left sleeve stamped in(Heer Paar Schulterklappen fr einen Leutnant der Eisenbahn Pioniere). A matching pair of Heer Eisenbahn Pioniere (Railway Engineer) Leutnant shoulder boards, each constructed of black wool with rigid card stock cores, topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with gilded railway cyphers, the reverse of each retaining an integral strap perforated with a reinforced buttonhole, both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 115 mm (l), in