Description
By April 1
Badly damaged by Allied air raids and eventually pillaged during the Second World War
The order is somewhat cryptic
A reduced size breast Badge
from Unteroffizier Fritz Streb dated 1943
Germany, Heer. A Pair of Railway Engineer Leutnant Shoulder Boards visually-hidden By April 1(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