Germany, SA. A Member’s Belt Buckle, First Pattern Auction 40 mm (w) x 39

40 mm (w) x 39

all with a dark blue threaded background on a black backer

Instituted on 5 November 1936

of the 22 most prominent former Nazis who were the first to go on trial in Nuremberg

1945 and was awarded to officers in the Peoples Army or of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for singular merit

Germany, SA. A Member’s Belt Buckle, First Pattern Auction 40 mm (w) x 39(Sturmabteilung Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften 1. Modell). Constructed of gilded brass, the obverse bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed sunwheel style swastika, situated within a ribbed ring bearing laurel branches, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.