Source for Medical Officer shoulder board cyphers

[kingkaiser]

Does anyone know of a source for medical officer shoulder board cyphers? I checked with Cyrus Lee at Soldat FHQ. He said, to his knowledge, that they are not available (and can't be special ordered).

I have a few repro medical officer shoulder boards that I would like to fix up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[oskar2ndchev]

Sounds like a speciality item. You might try the following:

Great War Militaria

www.greatwar.com/scripts/default.asp

Hessian Antique

www.hessenantique.com/Imperial_German_Militaria_s/8.htm

Also, you might post a query on the European WWI reenactor board at:

europeanww1lh.forumup.be/index.php?mforum=europeanww1lh

Good hunting!

[Kruger]

Good luck. I have a friend looking for a pair as well. I think he just end up stealing a pair from an original set of shoulderboards. Remember to go with the gold rod of Asclepius for officers.

Here's a few relatively cheap sets:
www.jessensrelics.com/ACMI/ACMI-116.html

www.jessensrelics.com/ACMI/ACMI-210.html

[kingkaiser]

Thanks for the leads. I'll check with Hessen and GWM. If they can't get them, then I'll have to resort to originals or try the following German site:

www.kammerbulle.de.vu/

Der Kammerbulle has a lot of accessories, and they do list medical cyphers. However, orders take several months to receive, and they are extremely pricey. I was hoping to find a U.S. source, at a reasonable price.

[oskar2ndchev]

Unfortunately, you might be stuck- not much call for that item I suspect. I'll put out some feelers to some folks over the pond I've dealt with in the past.

[kingkaiser]

Aug 30, 2010 18:37:57 GMT -8 oskar2ndchev said:

Unfortunately, you might be stuck- not much call for that item I suspect. I'll put out some feelers to some folks over the pond I've dealt with in the past.

Thanks!

[oskar2ndchev]

Got a couple responses but unfortunately, it all points back to Der Kammerbulle.

Perhaps stripping a couple of trashed original shoulder straps may be the way to go (much as I don't normally advocate this method).

So now that you're building up a physician impression (although judging from your signature line, it's probably more like same thing, different uniform ), are you going to have a Sani or two to back you up?

[rmli]

Adam, You can change uniforms and be a vet. again. The Huns wouldn't know the differance anyway.

[oskar2ndchev]

Naw, that's OK...I'm having too much fun as it is! :-)