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German Shoulder Board
Specifications
German Shoulder Board
Category
Military
Classification
CHENHALL - Communication Objects - Personal Symbols - Status Symbols - Insignia - Insignia, Shoulder - Board, Shoulder
Object Origin
Date Manufactured:
c. 1940
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Single shoulder board for uniform. Black rectangular fabric with pointed end. Applied gold band around its perimeter, with button hole at pointed end. There are two (2) square silver-colored metal buttons on either side of insignia of two (2) crossing anchors.
Measurements: Object:
Height: 0.25 in, Length: 4 in, Width: 2 in
Weight: 0.037 lbs
Credit
Gift of Margaret Wdowiak, wife of U-505 boarding party member Stanley Wdowiak, 2000.13.4
Display Status
On Exhibit
German Shoulder Board
About: German Shoulder Board
About: German Shoulder Board
This German naval shoulder board uniform insignia of two crossing anchors was worn by the U-505’s navigator, Alfred Reinig.
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