Greetings all. I know that experts on this forum have described the difficulty in authenicating shoulderboards from photos alone, but I hope this recently purchased set is distinctive enough for opinions to be made please. They were sold to me as Recon or Konzentationlager but the waffenfarbe exactly matches the color "Karmesinrot" (Veterinardienste) from my 1944 SS soldatenfreund diary. I have never seen Makers Marks (as shown) stamped like this onto SB’s and have no reason to doubt it other than the year "1943" looks clearer and darker than the other writing.
Could you please cast your views on authenicity and the role of the Veterinarian companies duringthe war. It seems to me, they would be an essential but "low-profile" part of a division.
Than you for you time and opinions. Paul

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