German army other ranks shoulder strap : 130th Infantry Regiment

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Hamel Area, Hamel
Accession Number RELAWM00830
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Uniform
Physical description Wool
Location Main Bld: First World War Gallery: Western Front 1918: Hamel
Maker Unknown
Place made Germany
Date made c 1917-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Field grey wool shoulder strap, with narrow white wool piping around the sides and top, and a machine stitched buttonhole at the neck end. A red wool chain stitch numeral '130' is sewn to the strap.

History / Summary

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. This shoulder strap was collected by a member of the 17th Battalion, AIF, immediately after the battle of Hamel, on 4 July 1918.