German shoulder strap : 5 Foot Artillery Battalion

Place Europe: Western Front
Accession Number REL29302.001
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Uniform
Physical description Cotton, Wool
Maker Unknown
Place made Germany
Date made c 1914-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

German army shoulder strap of 5 Fussartillerie (Foot Artillery) Battalion. The shoulder strap is of golden-yellow woollen fabric with a single buttonhole at the inner end. A symbol of crossed flaming artillery shells in red fabric, outlined and detailed with red cotton, is carried above the numeral '5' in red cotton chain stitch. The underside of the shoulder strap is German field grey woollen fabric.

History / Summary

Collected as a souvenir by Corporal Gordon Binns, AIF.