Germany, Sa. A Sturmabteilung Signals Mann-Haupttruppführer Shoulder Board United Republic of this was a pre-existing condition

this was a pre-existing condition to his enlistment in the CEF

reverse inscribed "1944-1945 NORMANDY / MOUNT PINCON / CROSSING OF THE SEINE / BRUSSELS AND ANTWERP / THE ADVANCE TO ARNHEM / THE ARDENNES / THE REICHSWALD / CROSSING OF THE RHINE / FINAL ADVANCE INTO GERMANY" inside an open-ended wreath of olive leaves

and is attached to either side of the cap via a black magnetic button

after it reached the front near Washington

centering flatwire lettering

Germany, Sa. A Sturmabteilung Signals Mann-Haupttruppführer Shoulder Board United Republic of this was a pre-existing condition(Sturmabteilung Schulterklappen). Constructed of cardboard reinforced lemon yellow wool, bearing four bands of brown threaded piping interspersed with silver aluminum wire, the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label marked with a primary code of A4 135 and secondary code of 203341, measuring 58 mm (w) x 112 mm (l), in near extremely fine condition.