A Mint Set Of Luftwaffe Enlisted Man's Fallschirmjager Shoulder Boards Auction Archive He was part of 21

He was part of 21 Army Group that landed in France on 9th July 1944 and very quickly saw action at the River Orne crossing for which he received his DSO

for patrol in the Straits of Dover

5 Gruppe (Operated out of Caen-Carpiquet

a tassel in gold-coloured bullion wire attached at the projecting point at the base

taken on strength and posted to the Canadian Army Far East

A Mint Set Of Luftwaffe Enlisted Man's Fallschirmjager Shoulder Boards Auction Archive He was part of 21In grayish blue cotton herringbone twill (HBT), three sides trimmed in dark yellow piping, indicative of the positions of Flieger and Fallschirmjager, with matching strap, the undersides also in HBT, both the boards and straps with a reinforced button hole for uniform attachment, 45 mm x 104 mm each, mint. (C: 125)