Germany, Imperial. A Set Of Army Hauptmann Shoulder Boards Auction measuring 411 mm with the

measuring 411 mm with the scabbard on

and the Second Madagascar Expedition of 1894-1895

The prism allows the user to read the bearing/shoot the azimuth while looking at the target

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Germany, Imperial. A Set Of Army Hauptmann Shoulder Boards Auction measuring 411 mm with the(Heer Schulterklappen fr Hauptmann der Infanterie). A matching set of Imperial Army Hauptmann shoulder boards, each constructed of white wool with card stock cores, topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black and white chevrons, and pinned with two gilded zink rank pips and numerals 55, both unmarked and measuring 41 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), demonstrating material fatigue consistent with age and field use, in uniform