Germany, SA. A Wehrmannschaft Armband Auction Archive The tunic is closed with

The tunic is closed with five field-grey bakelite buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the right

his photographs have been used in many books on orders

marked with a "Z" surmounted by a crown on the reverse

Footnote: This close combat clasp stems from the personal collection of predominant historian Thomas Durante

20 mm x 24 mm)

Germany, SA. A Wehrmannschaft Armband Auction Archive The tunic is closed with(SA Wehrsport Armbinde fr Angehrige der Wehrmannschaften). Constructed of a red cotton base, the exterior bearing a white cotton disc measuring 8. 5 cm in diameter, in turn overlaid by a machine embroidered golden brown SA Sports Badge consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a mobile swastika, in turn defaced by a sword, unmarked, measuring 10 cm (w) x 20. 5 cm (l) when folded on a flat surface, in extremely fine condition.