Germany, Heer. A Set of Sonderführer Shoulder Boards Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He became the Japanese ambassador

He became the Japanese ambassador to Germany in 1938

so he was only 17 years old when he first started to achieve the qualifications for the sports badge

one replacement leather button constructed of plastic

and bearing two hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire gulls above oak leaf branches of identical construction

with some fading evident to the obverse

Germany, Heer. A Set of Sonderführer Shoulder Boards Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He became the Japanese ambassador(Heer Schulterklappen fr einen Sonderfhrer). A matching set of Heer Sonderfhrer shoulder boards, each constructed of blue grey wool with a card stock core, topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with red and black threaded chevrons, and pinned with a single silvered pip, both unmarked and measuring 38 mm (w) x 120 mm (l), in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.