Germany, Heer. A Set Of Medical Hauptmann Shoulder Boards United Republic of with loss of all gilt

with loss of all gilt with the exception of the pin

resulted in the loss of all orders

5 mm (w) x 73 mm (h - inclusive of its crown and laterally pierced ball suspension)

Footnote: William Ernest Burgess served as a Private (S4/058911) in the Army Service Corps during WWI and entered the French theatre on May 8

Japanese characters in gold-coloured ink on the lid

Germany, Heer. A Set Of Medical Hauptmann Shoulder Boards United Republic of with loss of all gilt(Heer Schulterklappen). A set of Heer Medical Hauptmann shoulder boards, each constructed of cardboard reinforced blue wool, bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping, and pinned with dual bronzed zink rank pips and Medical cyphers, both unmarked and measuring 32 mm (w) x 114 mm (l), oxidation of the zink and aluminum features evident, in overall near very fine condition.