GERMAN WEHRMACHT HEER UNTEROFFIZIER SHOULDER BOARDS FOR ARTILLERY

WW2 German shoulder boards for Unteroffizier rank.  Made of field grey wool and aluminum-silver tresse.  Has red piping for Artillery.

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The 18th Artillery Division (Artillerie-Division) was a German artillery division formed in 1943 by combining the staff of the remaining corps troops from the 18^th Panzer Division. The division, never reaching its planned strength, fought at the Eastern Front, suffered heavy losses and was disbanded in 1944.

This division had its own (heavy) infantry element, the Schützen-Abteilung 88 (tmot) (also known as Art.-Kampf-Btln. 88 and Art.-Alarm-Abteilung 18). Having the mission of defending the artillery in all dangerous situations this battalion, thoroughly trained in rear guard actions, saved the division from total destruction no less than three times.

The division was part of the XXXVIII Army Corps in the 1st Panzer Army. It was in action until late March 1944, when it was encircled in the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket.