Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Luftwaffe Generalmajor Shoulder Boards United Republic of chipping evident in the white

chipping evident in the white enamels on the tips of the arms at 3 and 9 o'clock on the obverse

Footnote: George Ross Hovell was born on January 16

maker marked "CARON BROS MONTREAL 1915" on the reverse

awarded to Harry Alexander Blechschmidt on 5 July 1918

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey hand clutching a scimitar

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Luftwaffe Generalmajor Shoulder Boards United Republic of chipping evident in the white(Luftwaffe Generalmajor Schulterklappen). A matching set of uniform removed sew on style Luftwaffe Generalmajor shoulder boards, each constructed of white wool, with a cardstock core, and topped by a row of braided silver aluminum bullion wire piping interwoven with dual lengths of gold bullion wire piping, the reverse is showing the white wool underside, the one end where the boards were attached to the uniform are cut and shows the exposed core,