Germany, Luftwaffe. A Set of Flight Personnel Hauptmann Rank Insignia

(Luftwaffe Insignien für einen Hauptmann der Fliegertruppe). A matching set of Luftwaffe Flight Personnel (pilots and paratroopers) Hauptmann rank insignia, including:

1. A pair of collar tabs, each constructed of golden-yellow wool with a buckram core, trimmed with twisted and roller silver aluminum wire piping, and bearing three silver aluminum wire gulls above an oak leaf wreath of identical construction, both unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 60 mm (l), in uniform-removed and extremely fine condition.

2. A pair of shoulder boards, each constructed of golden-yellow wool with a rigid card stock core, topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire piping, pinned with two gilded pips, and retaining a period pebbled magnetic metal buckle, both unmarked and measuring 32 mm (w) x 110 mm (l), demonstrating minor soiling and material fatigue, in uniform-removed and near extremely fine condition.