Germany, Heer. A Set Of Großdeutschland Division Infantry Feldwebel Officer Candidate Shoulder Straps Hold Fearman with a strength of

Fearman with a strength of 32 officers and 838 other ranks

this may be explained by the desire of France to avenge the humiliation of her defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 (and subsequent loss of Alsace and Lorraine)

" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) on the reverse in white embroidered lettering beside the seam

It grinds my mother’s gears

A well preserved Iron Cross 1939 Second Class

Germany, Heer. A Set Of Großdeutschland Division Infantry Feldwebel Officer Candidate Shoulder Straps Hold Fearman with a strength of(Division Grodeutschland Schulterklappen). A rare set of Grodeutschland Division Infantry Feldwebel officer candidate shoulders straps, each constructed of dark green wool, trimmed with white piping, bordered by machine embroidered silver aluminum wire tresses, wrapped with a sliding silver aluminum wire loop and pinned with aluminum Grodeutschland Division cyphers, the reverse of each with an integrated wool strap, both unmarked and measuring 44 mm