{"product_id":"imperial-german-grenadier-4-frederick-the-great-hauptmann-shoulder-board-pair-copy","title":"Imperial German Leib Grenadier 8 Oberstleutnant Shoulder Board Crown Cypher","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eAn original Oberstleutnant’s silver-cord field-officer shoulder board (Schulterstück) of the Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 8, the König Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1. Brandenburgisches) Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 8 (Life Grenadier Regiment King Frederick William III, 1st Brandenburg, No. 8). The reverse carries a collection label reading “Fig. 6.0 – LGR 8 – Lt. Col.” The round interwoven braid with a single rank star denotes Oberstleutnant (lieutenant colonel).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eThe board is built of round interwoven (plaited) silver braid — the construction reserved for field officers (Stabsoffiziere) — mounted on a red wool underlay. The lower field carries a gilt crown above an interlaced gilt cypher, with a single gilt six-pointed rank star (Stern) below, marking the grade. A vertical button slit is worked at the head, the reverse is faced in red, and the squared base terminates in cut cord ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eThe Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 8 was a household, or “Leib,” grenadier regiment of high standing, bearing the honour-name of König Friedrich Wilhelm III and quartered in Brandenburg. The “Leib” designation marked it among the sovereign’s own bodyguard regiments, a distinction that placed it well above an ordinary line grenadier regiment in prestige.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eThe crowned monogram is an interlaced cypher of the regiment’s royal chief, King Frederick William III; the precise letters are not cleanly resolved in the provided images and are therefore left unattributed. The round interwoven braid marks a field officer and the single star denotes the grade of Oberstleutnant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eCondition is good. The interwoven braid is intact with strong plaiting, with some wear and loose threads toward the head. The gilt crown, cypher, and rank star are present and secure, the red underlay is sound, and the collection label is intact on the reverse. The base shows cut cord ends in the manner normal to the unfinished tuck end. No restoration is evident in the provided images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eA field officer’s board of a household (Leib) grenadier regiment, complete with the crowned royal cypher and the lieutenant colonel’s rank, combines the prestige of a bodyguard regiment with senior rank, making it an attractive and substantial piece for a grenadier or Prussian-Guard-adjacent collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Derrittmeister Militaria Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49701252727023,"sku":"23-1021 XJT@JT","price":311.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/9169\/5855\/files\/23-1021_1.jpg?v=1781043237","url":"https:\/\/derrittmeister.com\/products\/imperial-german-grenadier-4-frederick-the-great-hauptmann-shoulder-board-pair-copy","provider":"Derrittmeister Militaria Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}