Capt.Confederacy Posted July 18, 2019 Share #1 Posted July 18, 2019 Here's a pair of officer shoulder boards I recently acquired. They look like they've got some age to them, but I was wondering if anyone would know roughly when this type was used. These are from Gemsco. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted July 18, 2019 Share #2 Posted July 18, 2019 The little connectors between the two bars usually point to post-WW2. Also the thread-embroidered inner border. I would guess '50s or '60s, but those things are hard to narrow down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonT Posted October 14, 2019 Share #3 Posted October 14, 2019 These are a pair of Major's bullion shoulder boards that I found this weekend at an antique mall for a few bucks. Made by GEMSCO, they have the same hallmarks on the back as the ones originally posted above. However, these have a bullion inner border instead of thread embroidered. I assume these are WW2 era? Is the red/maroon color indicate artillery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonT Posted October 14, 2019 Share #4 Posted October 14, 2019 Here's the photo of the hallmarks on the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted October 15, 2019 Share #5 Posted October 15, 2019 The colored inner border is for branches that have two colors. Branches with a single color (infantry, artillery, armor, quartermaster) have an inner border edge the same as the outer edge. Red is the artillery color. Usually it is more scarlet red. These are post-WW2, I'd guess 1950s-60s like the ones above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonT Posted October 15, 2019 Share #6 Posted October 15, 2019 The colored inner border is for branches that have two colors. Branches with a single color (infantry, artillery, armor, quartermaster) have an inner border edge the same as the outer edge. Red is the artillery color. Usually it is more scarlet red. These are post-WW2, I'd guess 1950s-60s like the ones above. Thanks Justin for the response and clarification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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