Germany, Sa. A First Pattern Sturmabteilung Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle Archive with its ends sewn to

with its ends sewn to the body of the tunic on the reverse

Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords (bronze gilt

marked by maker’s mark of Friedrich Rothe

including a private medical practice

Of superb quality and craftsmanship

Germany, Sa. A First Pattern Sturmabteilung Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle Archive with its ends sewn to(Grtelschnalle fr Mnner der Sturmabteilung). Constructed of partially silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised Sturmabteilung (SA) style German national clutching a wreathed sunwheel style swastika, set within a ribbed ring bearing oak leaf branches, the reverse with swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with some loss of finish evident, in very fine condition.