A Pair Of Wehrmacht Signals Enlisted Man’s Shoulder Boards Archive The British suspected Russian involvement

The British suspected Russian involvement "with the Rulers of the petty States on the northern boundary of Jammu and Kashmir" during a period known as the Great Game (a term for the strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia)

when a training accident occurred at RAF Thornbury

inscribed on reverse “Showa 13 (1938) May

Germany on September 7

well marked by Juncker

A Pair Of Wehrmacht Signals Enlisted Man’s Shoulder Boards Archive The British suspected Russian involvementA set of extremely well preserved, mint, new old stock Wehrmacht Signals EMs shoulder boards; constructed of Feldgrau wool (slightly mismatched); edged by bright yellow (gelb) Waffenfarbe piping; with tongue attached to the underside of the board; each of the boards feature a reinforcement strip underneath the tongue in rayon blended fabric (slightly mismatched); visually similar but non matching; measuring 217 mm x 46 mm; mint condition.