Germany, Heer. A Set of Combat Engineer Shoulder Boards for a Major visually-hidden Hipkiss signed his second Attestation

Hipkiss signed his second Attestation Paper as a Private (207838) with "A" Company

by a captain in the 260th Brunn Reserve Artillery Group

he was commissioned as a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on October 1st

brass suspension bar placed on the reverse

with some oxidation and blunting of the tip evident

Germany, Heer. A Set of Combat Engineer Shoulder Boards for a Major visually-hidden Hipkiss signed his second Attestation(Heer Paar Schulterklappen fr einen Major der Pioniere). A matching set of Combat Engineer shoulder boards for a Major, each constructed of black wool with rigid card stock cores and topped by four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping, both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), in uniform removed and near extremely fine condition.