Germany, Imperial. A 40Th Field Artillery Regiment Hauptmann’s Epaulette Auction Archive He was opposed to Hitler

He was opposed to Hitler and was a major player in the increasing political instability in the Weimar Republic that ended with Hitler's rise to power

Canadian Garrison Artillery on May 29th

on double loop for suspension from its period original triangular ribbon

He was awarded the Military Cross

Germany, Imperial. A 40Th Field Artillery Regiment Hauptmann’s Epaulette Auction Archive He was opposed to Hitler(Feldartillerie Regiment Nr. 40 Epaulette). A 40th Field Artillery Regiment Hauptmanns epaulette, consisting of a padded red wool base with a magnetic metal wire interior reinforcement, fully trimmed with an array of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire tassels, above an arrangement of black and red threaded tassels, the obverse bearing a bronze crescent border, pinned with dual gilded bronze rank pips, a field artillery cypher, and numerals 49,