{"id":9628,"date":"2021-02-22T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiquesarmsandarmor.com\/?p=9628"},"modified":"2021-02-23T16:06:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T00:06:10","slug":"waffen-ss-untersturmfuhrer-shoulder-boards-pair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiquesarmsandarmor.com\/index.php\/militaria\/insignia\/german-military-insignia\/waffen-ss-untersturmfuhrer-shoulder-boards-pair\/","title":{"rendered":"Waffen-SS Untersturmf\u00fchrer Shoulder boards, Pair"},"content":{"rendered":"

DESCRIPTION:<\/b>\u00a0 Matched pair, wartime gray top slip-on style officer boards with gilt rank pip & numeral \u2018XII\u2019 having pink wool piping on a black wool base for SS-Obersturmf\u00fchrer of Panzer regt XII, rare.<\/span><\/p>\n

BACKGROUND:<\/b> Originally shoulder straps for Allgemeine-SS personnel were introduced on May 26TH 1933 at the same time as the SA shoulder straps were introduced. These first pattern shoulder straps were also worn by SS-VT, SS-Verf\u00fcgungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), and, SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverb\u00e4nde units, (SS-Death’s Head units), which were to become the nucleus of the Waffen-SS. On their introduction the shoulder straps for both SS and SA personnel were identical. In July 1935 the first army style shoulder straps for EM\/NCO\u2019s were introduced to distinguish the armed SS-VT and SS-TK personnel from the political Allgemeine-SS personnel. Army style shoulder boards for Officers were introduced in early 1938 and distinguishing branches of service (waffenfarbe), colors were adopted in 1939. The transition to the army style shoulder boards\/straps was pretty much complete in late 1938 -early 1939 and these army style shoulder boards\/straps would be worn by all Waffen-SS personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n