German WWII Shoulder Boards

[Tc343]

Looking for more info on this pair of shoulder boards. I believe them to be Original WWII German Shoulder Boards. They are a splinter - b pattern. I first thought they were Luftwaffe Panzer but I have since been told that is not right. Anyone with any info on these?

 

[Leadeye]

I've seen this pattern in pictures before but can't recall for sure, 43-44 SS maybe.

 

[rob63]

I know just enough to be dangerous, but I would pass on them due to the construction. FWIW, the splinter pattern is heer, not ss, but was also worn by luftwaffe field divisions. Don't recall ever seeing it used for boards though.

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[KellyinAvon]

Pink is Panzer.

 

[Hkindiana]

The button holes do not appear to be "key" hole button holes. Since they aren't keyhole, it is usually indicative of post war manufacture. Pink IS panzer, but I don't recall seeing camo panzer boards in any of my reference books. That's not to say that they couldn't have been "field made, just not the norm.

 

[Jump62]

I have seen German WWII camo jackets worn by W-SS made out of Italian camo material and cut to the 1942 pattern jacket also mid war W-SS camo cut to a tanker jacket pattern with shoulder straps, my US Army experience was anything goes with field gear( within reason). I have also seen SS smocks on Heer troops and Heer camo on Luftwaffe ground troops so troops wore what they could find ( or steal ). The pink is the waffenfarben for armor and anti-tank troops and the design of this strap is that it was worn over a jacket ( like a M-1942 jacket ) button system and might allow a slip on rank or unit device. I'm thinking Grossdeutschland PZG or Fuhrer Escort Brigade who wore the Heer splinter pattern and had the political pull to make something like this BUT in my years of German uniform study I have not run into one of these in either period photos or in a book. Interesting find but my BS meter is off the zero peg a smige.....more study needed.
Jump62
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