Germany, Heer. A Set of Smoke/Chemical Troops Enlisted Personnel Shoulder Straps, Late-War Issue Auction Archive Third Army/5th Infantry Division Patch:

Third Army/5th Infantry Division Patch: Third Army insignia in red and navy blue embroidery

beneath of a clasp and an Imperial crown

It completes with a rounded pommel which screws in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity

the cluster having been lost to time

Germany, Heer. A Set of Smoke/Chemical Troops Enlisted Personnel Shoulder Straps, Late-War Issue Auction Archive Third Army/5th Infantry Division Patch:(Heer Schulterklappen fr Mannschaften der Nebeltruppe). A matching set of Heer Smoke Chemical Troops Enlisted personnel shoulder straps, each constructed of coarse field grey wool and trimmed with Bordeaux red piping, the reverse of each retaining an integral strap perforated with a reinforced buttonhole, both unmarked and measuring 44 mm (w) x 105 mm (l), demonstrating material fatigue consistent with age and field use, a late war pair in better than