Germany, Empire. A Generalarzt Medical Officer’s Shoulder Boards, Matching Pair Hold The fine quality peaked officer's

The fine quality peaked officer's service cap is fabricated from a grayish-blue wool-cotton blend

With the beginning of the Second War

on 3 January 1895

with a leather drawstring fed through the holes and tied in a knot

MC has "9" instead of an "8" in his service number versus his records (R252181)

Germany, Empire. A Generalarzt Medical Officer’s Shoulder Boards, Matching Pair Hold The fine quality peaked officer's(Generalarzt Schulterklappen). A matching pair of Generalarzt shoulder boards, the obverse with dual strands of bullion tresses oriented in a U shape with a black embroidered band separating the two, and with dual blue embroidered bands at the base, both shoulder boards with a gilded caduceus, the underside with dark blue doeskin with a loop for fastening the boards to the uniform, one of the boards with a period original paper tag attached, measuring