GERMAN WEHRMACHT HEER NCO UNTERFELDWEBEL SHOULDER BOARDS FOR PIONEERS

WW2 German shoulder boards for NCO Unterfeldwebel rank.  Made of field grey wool and aluminum-silver tresse.  Has black piping for Pioneers.  Unterfeldwebel ( 'Junior Sergeant') was a rank of the Wehrmacht, from 1935 until 1945.

Unterfeldwebel NCO shoulder boards were introduced in 1938. They indicated the rank and service branch of the wearer.

Has button hole for uniform attachment and black wool strap

The rank tresse is the early shiny silver ones. 

Rank tresse was sewn onto the edges of the shoulder boards.  The early war tresse was originally shiny silver aluminum 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.

Check out our other shoulder boards of different ranks in all services with different piping Waffenfarbe colours in stock.

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.