Great Britain. A Pair Of Shoulder Epaulettes Auction Thirteen and a half months

Thirteen and a half months after arriving in France

Sergeant Gonzalez exposed himself to the enemy fire and moved his platoon along the east side of a bordering rice paddy to a dike directly across from the bunker

with two silvered aluminum rank pips and number “16” in silvered aluminum on the obverse of both boards

5 mm (w) x 36 mm (h)

with Oak Leaf Design

Great Britain. A Pair Of Shoulder Epaulettes Auction Thirteen and a half monthsGreat Britain; Shoulder board incorporates three long rows of interlinked brass rings, the rows narrow at the shoulder end and gradually expanding in size when they finish at the shoulder end, the centre row slightly shorter in length in order to accommodate the reinforced button hole, the upper and underside of the strap in black wool, with two holes discreetly placed through the wool base horizontally at the shoulder end to secure the straps to a