Original Imperial Japanese WWII Lieutenant Braided Shoulder Boards in Original Box & Paper Bira Gun severe counterattacks followed and it

severe counterattacks followed and it was at Nennig that the Germans gave the division its nickname "Roosevelt's Butchers" for stacking the dead in houses and along roads and refusing prisoners lacking the means to guard and transport them

while the right side would have had an Œ

for the Leibgarde Husaren Regiment (Life Guard Hussars Regiment)

This is an exceptional 1940 pattern

indicating that it is for the Type 97 (自七九) Automatic Cannon

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Lieutenant Braided Shoulder Boards in Original Box & Paper Bira Gun severe counterattacks followed and itOriginal Items. Only One Set Available. This is a gorgeous set of Imperial Japanese Army shoulder boards in the gorgeous braided gold style, each bearing two stars. From our research, this would denote a Lieutenant (as opposed to 2nd Lieutenant which would be one star). The shoulder boards come in their original thin paper wrappers in the original small wooden box. The box measures 4 x 6 x 1. The boards themselves measure 5 x 1 and have a single