@ Kading: Actually Majors would absolutly need to shoulder weapons, german officers, even up to Obersts, commonly fought on the frontlines. There's actually, I should say, even cases of lower ranking Generals in combat.
A very well decorated German Major, complete with Knights Cross, Krim Shield, Silver Wound badge (which some pretty self evident wounds on his face), and a Romanian Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class, essentially the Romanian Medal of Honour
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I think he is an Oberstleutnant Mudra. He got one of those blinky star things on his rank, in the middle. Major got none, Oberstleutnant 1 and Oberst 2.
Nope, that's not a pip, that's a trade badge. I can't tell what for though
But its def not a pip, as the pip would be off center to the end of the shoulder, and would be a pointy, pyramidal shape.