A Single Waffen-Ss Hauptcharführer Shoulder Board Hold "BITTERN")

"BITTERN")

090 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel H

Following the Soviet advance into East Prussia in January 1945

A HJ (Hitlerjugend/Hitler Youth) “Leistungsabzeichen”

91 mm x 35

A Single Waffen-Ss Hauptcharführer Shoulder Board Hold "BITTERN")Slip on style shoulder strap; constructed of black wool, with aluminum tresse wrapped in an U shape around the outer edge of the straps with an additional strip of tresse closing the loop; with pink (Rosa) Waffenfarbe piping along the straps; with two nonmatching silvered rank pips attached to the board, suggesting that this Scharfhrer started his career in the SS as a Unterscharfhrer; measuring 105 mm x 47 mm; better better than fine condition.