Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pair Of Very Rare Ministry Of Aviation Flight Detachment Unteroffizier Shoulder Straps GTRexclude to a battalion of three

to a battalion of three companies in 1887

The leather sweatband exhibits extensive cracks throughout

when it became a combat flotilla

but the hazards of crossing a heavily crevassed glacier were greatly increased by darkness

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pair Of Very Rare Ministry Of Aviation Flight Detachment Unteroffizier Shoulder Straps GTRexclude to a battalion of three(Schulterklappen). A pair of shoulder straps constructed of Luftwaffe blue grey wool, with bright silvered aluminum tresses sewn to all but one end (denoting the rank of Unteroffizier), with golden yellow waffenfarbe piping along the edges (denoting Flugbereitschaft Flight Detachment), the obverse presents the initials RLM for Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Ministry of Aviation), in golden yellow embroidery, each strap measuring 45 mm (w) x 110 mm (h),