German army other ranks shoulder strap : 2nd Guard Grenadier Regiment

Place Europe: Western Front
Accession Number REL41121
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Uniform
Physical description Wool
Maker Unknown
Place made Germany
Date made c 1916-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Field grey wool shoulder strap with narrow red wool piping around the sides and top, and a machine stitched button hole at the neck end. A red wool crown with three segments surmounted by a small cross is appliqued to the strap, above an ornate red Russia braid 'A'.

History / Summary

The history of this strap is unknown. Single shoulder straps were routinely removed from dead or captured Germans for intelligence purposes, so that the names of the German units opposing the Allied forces could be established.

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