Imperial German Oldenburg Infantry Regiment 91 Oberst Shoulder Board Cypher
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- $254.00
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- $254.00
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SKU: 23-1034 XJT@JT
An original Oberst’s silver-cord field-officer shoulder board (Schulterstück) of the Oldenburgisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 91 (Oldenburg Infantry Regiment No. 91). The reverse carries a collection label reading “Fig. 3.2 – IR 91.” A gilt crown above a gilt “P” cypher, with a pair of rank stars, denotes Oberst (colonel).
The board is built of round interwoven (plaited) silver braid — the construction reserved for field officers (Stabsoffiziere) — mounted on a white underlay. The field carries a gilt crown above a gilt Gothic “P” cypher, with one gilt six-pointed rank star (Stern) set above and a second below, the two together denoting the rank. A vertical button slit is worked at the head, the reverse is faced in white cloth, and the squared base terminates in cut cord ends.
Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 91 was the infantry regiment of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, one of the smaller north German states, and the Gothic “P” cypher is that of the Grand Duke Peter of Oldenburg. The round interwoven braid identifies a field officer; among the field grades the Major wore the braid without stars, the Oberstleutnant with one, and the Oberst with two.
The crowned “P” is the cypher of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, marking a regiment held under that house, and the two gilt stars on the field-officer braid are the rank distinction of an Oberst.
Condition is good. The interwoven braid is intact with strong plaiting and the expected tarnish, and the gilt crown, cypher, and both rank stars are present and secure. The white underlay and backing are 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.
Oldenburg material is among the scarcer fields in Imperial German collecting, and a senior field officer’s board carrying the Oldenburg Grand Ducal cypher and the colonel’s rank is a substantial and desirable piece within the collect-by-state framework.
