German WWII Rare Orig Luftwaffe High Ranking Administrative Official Collar Tabs

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SALES FOR ONLY USA
This is not my first rodeo. ..................... . OUT OF MY OWN COLLECTION, I SPEND OVER 50 YEARS COLLECTING MOSTLY SS ITEMS. PRIZED SILVER ITEMS AND ENGRAVED PIECES ABOVE ALL OTHERS. SO NOW YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY DECADES OF SEARCHING OUT WHAT I THINK ARE SOME OF THE BEST ITEMS TO BE OFFERED. Getting old and TO SALE OFF PART OF THE COLLECTION, CAN NOT KEEP THESE GREAT PIECES OF HISTORY FOREVER, HAVE BEEN COLLECTING FOR OVER FIFTY FIVE YEARS. FOR ALL YOU OLD GUYS, REMEMBER WHEN THE BIGGEST GUN & COLLECTOR SHOW IN THE COUNTRY USE TO BE THE GREAT WESTERN AT THE POMONA FAIR GROUNDS IN "SoCal," WITH MILES OF TABLES THIRTY PLUS YEARS AGO. I WON A TROPHY FOR ONE OF MY UNIFORMS IN EIGHTY TWO. PERHAPS OUR PATHS CROSSED THERE SO LONG AGO. IF LOOKING FOR SPECIAL ITEMS INQUIRE AND I MIGHT HAVE IT FOR YOU, & WILL LIST IT IF POSSIBLE........ {ITEM 00698}.....,I FOUND A FEW SETS ALL IN SAME RANK, OF THESE I HAD STASHED AWAY DECADES AGO, AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE FOR, SO FORGOT ABOUT THEM. JUST FOUND THEM LOOKING FOR A SENT OF ELITE GUARDS TABS FOR CUSTOMER AND HAD THOUGHT THE VELVET WAS BLACK IN COLOR, UNTIL LOOKING AT THEM UNDER A STRONG LIGHT, NOTICED THE COLOR OF THE VELVET WAS INDEED LUFTWAFFE DARK GREEN. VERY RARE IN THIS HIGH RANK AND IN THIS CONDITION AS SEE IN REFERENCE BOOKS GERMAN WWII LUFTWAFFE HIGH RANKING ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL'S COLLAR TABS SET, BELIEVED TO BE EQUAL TO THE RANK OF COLONEL WITH HAND EMBROIDERED SILVER BULLION SEWN THREADS IN CENTER SINGLE TRIANGLE PIP ((3 PIPS WAS HIGHEST GRADE OR RANK, THIS IS REASON I BELIEVE THIS SET OF TABS WAS EQUAL TO A COLONEL IN RANK, I COULD WRONG AND THE RANK MAY HAVE BEEN FOR HIGHER LEVEL)) SURROUNDED BY FULL WREATH OF OAK LEAVES AND ACCORDS ON LUFTWAFFE VERY DARK GREEN VELVET WOOL CLOTH MATERIAL, WITH THE CORRECT TWISTED ALUMINUM METAL CORD BORDER PIPING.  SEE PICTURES FOR ALL DETAILS. .THIS IS A GREAT LUFTWAFFE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL'S COLLAR SET YOU WILL BE PROUD TO OWN! NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE ON THIS ITEM IN YOUR COLLECTION. STILL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE. DO NOT LET THIS WONDERFUL ITEM GET AWAY!! THE SILVER BULLION STITCHING, TRIANGLE PIP, AND ALUMINUM METAL PIPING ARE TARNISHED & DARKENED FROM STORAGE AND AGE. THE OLD HORSE GLUE USED FOR MAKING THE TABS, BLEED THROUGH IN A FEW SPOTS ON THE BACKS OF THE TABS, WHICH WAS USUAL OF THE MANUFACTURER OF THESE TYPE TABS. HIGHLY DETAILED, SEE PHOTOS. RARE ITEM IN THIS EXCELLENT CONDITION. SHOWS, AGE & ABOVE AVERAGE STORAGE. OTHER WISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION SEE PHOTOS FOR ALL DETAILS. BEEN STORED UNDER GLASS FOR DECADES. YOU WILL HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING ANOTHER SET IN THIS CONDITION AND QUALITY. DO NOT LET THIS SET PAST YOU BY. SEE PICTURES FOR ALL CLOSE UP DETAILS.
THANKS FOR LOOKING AND PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED AT THIS GREAT AUCTION.