GERMAN WAFFEN-SS SCHARFUHRER NCO PIONEER SHOULDER BOARDS SUBDUED TRESSE

Waffen-SS Scharfuhrer NCO shoulder boards made from black wool with subdued silver tresse and black piping for Pioneers.

SS-Scharführer was the equivalent rank to the Heer's rank of Unterfeldwebel - the intermediate rank between Unteroffizier and Feldwebel.

Has button hole for uniform attachment and black wool strap

The rank tresse is the subdued version and not the early shiny silver ones. 

The SS used black wool shoulder boards throughout the war changing only the rank tresse.  Rank tresse was sewn onto the edges of the shoulder boards.  The early war tresse was originally shiny silver aluminum but during the war (sometime in 1940) the tresse was changed to a grey or tan colour with a slight green shade. Probably due to the ease of seeing this bright silver tresse the Germans quickly introduced the subdued tresse instead.   

After 1940 both silver and the subdued tresse was worn on the shoulder boards.

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A Pioneer soldier in the German Army was a soldier who preformed engineering and construction tasks.  Similar in operation to the combat engineer or sapper.

Originally part of the artillery branch of the army they formed the engineering branch or Pioneer branch.

The primary role of these units was to assist in field fortifications, construction of military camp, bridges and roads.  In Germany in WW2 the Pioneers were used by all major forces for both front line and supporting roles.