The old Suter's uniforms & stuff

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For an Unteroffizier (Corporal) of Jäger or GebirgsJäger Regiment 140.

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For a Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant) of Maschinengewehrbataillone 42 (42nd Machine Gun Battalion).

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Another machine gun NCO, this time a later style strap.

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Nothing rare here - Transportation EM

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Another Transportation strap - late-war style with subdued tress.

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For Transportbataillon 252 (252nd Transport Battalion).

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For a reserve Oberleutnant, Nachschub-Bataillon 18 (18th Supply Battalion).

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Next are a couple of early style straps for Infantry Regiments.

[Dave Suter]

The strap's width was obviously determined by the regiment number.

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Same thing, just later down the road.

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Early pattern enlisted strap for Wehrersatzdienststellen Wehrkries VI (Recruiting Office, Military District VI - Headquarters in Münster).

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This one isn't rare either, but it sure has been there.

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Okay, let's shift over for a couple of Luftwaffe musician's boards.

This one is for a Signals Musikmeister (Band Leader, Leutnant equivalent). This pattern of board was used from 1935 to 1938. The device is the non-military/SA type rather than the later military style. The early Assmann catalog I have for this period doesn't show the later military type device, so this was probably pretty much the only choice available.

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For a Luftwaffe Musikinspizient (Music Superintendent). This one has the usual military style lyre device.

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For a Jager / Gebirgsjager Oberleutnant (Light Infantry / Mountain Light Infantry).