Germany, Heer. A Set of General Staff or Veterinary Major Shoulder Boards Auction Archive (Nordfront-Kreuz)

(Nordfront-Kreuz)

with two narrow brown leather straps with loops creating the chin strap

Lieutenant-General Sir John William Cox died on 2 October 1901

The ankle area of each leg has a 280 mm vertical slit closed with a functional silvered metal zipper

A small black-and-white studio portrait of Hülsebus in a Stahlhelm uniform with the Wehrsportkreuz clearly visible on his lower left breast

Germany, Heer. A Set of General Staff or Veterinary Major Shoulder Boards Auction Archive (Nordfront-Kreuz)(Heer Schulterklappen fr einen Major der Generalstabsoffiziere oder Veterinrwesen). A matching set of Heer General Staff or Veterinary Major shoulder boards, each constructed of carmine wool with rigid card stock cores and topped by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), in extremely fine condition.