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Originally Posted by leigh kitchen
And were there not glass pips? I think I have a shoulder board or two with those.
The black piped "medical board" is indeed a wrong'un, I have no idea why it is so, I have a few more with different arm of service colours and with Other Ranks metal numerals affixed - presumably some collectors years ago added the devices just to prettify them and make them look a bi more interesting.
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That is the problem with so much of this stuff. One often cannot be sure just when bits and pieces of insignia were added.
NCO metal numerals etc., were however often used on officers boards. There just is no rule when it comes to these things as the Germans used what they had in a tough wartime situation.
CB