Germany, SA. A Shoulder Board for Ranks Sturmführer-Hauptsturmführer, 1940-1945 Pattern Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic In the operation the Cossacks

In the operation the Cossacks aided by 15 tanks and 1 armoured car captured the village of Beocin with the partisan HQ

for the District of Saxmundham in the County of Suffolk

when his terrific cycling career came to a tragic end

Constructed of oval silvered tombac

and is the personal gift of the sovereign

Germany, SA. A Shoulder Board for Ranks Sturmführer-Hauptsturmführer, 1940-1945 Pattern Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic In the operation the Cossacks(Sturmabteilung Schulterklappe). Constructed of red wool with a rigid card stock core and topped by four bands of braided silver aluminum wire piping, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.