Original shoulderboards and gefreiter patch?

[Pavlos]

I would like to know if the pionier shoulderboards and gefreiter patch are original ww2? The gefreiter patch looks ok to me but the shoulderboards look a bit mint. Thanks

[Fred Green]

Hello,

They appear to be nice originals to me. The shoukder boards are post 1940 with rayon piping with slides for 73 Pioneer abteilung. The gefreiter chevron is pre 1940.

Fred

[JPhilip]

Hello,
I agree with Fred concerning originality of the items shown, but in my opinion the shoulderstraps are Pioner Abteilung 73 since quite recently. I've seen a lot of these black 73s in the last militaria fairs i've been to, it's so easy to "pimp" a pair of shoulderstraps with these...no need to stitch, no need to take apart, you only need to put the loops on the straps...but they're nice
Thanks

[Pavlos]

Thanks for the respond guys! Fred you mentioned the shoulder boards are post-1940, is it still possible to put those shoulder boards on a m40 tunic? thanks!

[JPhilip]

Thanks for the respond guys! Fred you mentioned the shoulder boards are post-1940, is it still possible to put those shoulder boards on a m40 tunic? thanks!

Hello,
Of course you can put these on a so-called M40 Feldbluse....in fact they've been made for that...
Thanks