A Set Of German Gendarmerie Oberleutnant Shoulder Boards Auction Archive on a bluish-grey Luftwaffe wool

on a bluish-grey Luftwaffe wool base

Bronze gilt and enamelled miniature insignia

prompting the Croatian authorities to complain to the Germans and finally to Hitler personally

Chief of Police Ernst Pöhner introduced him to Adolf Hitler

A Set Of German Gendarmerie Oberleutnant Shoulder Boards Auction Archive on a bluish-grey Luftwaffe woolA very fine matching pair of third reich period German Gendarmerie Oberleutnant shoulder boards; constructed of four rows of twisted grey cords on a white core; wrapped in a U shape in a chevron formation; the underside is constructed of orange wool that protrudes past the edge of the shoulder boards, giving it an orange Waffenfarbe; with a single gilded bronze rank pip attached to the shoulder boards; measuring 109 mm x 35 mm; in overall near mint