Germany, SA. A SA EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, Third Pattern certificate_of_authenticity white cotton mesh backer)

white cotton mesh backer)

Katherine Mahony

1917" (September 1917) in black ink handwritten script

circumscribing Eickhorn’s squirrel logo in its 1933-1935 incarnation

82 mm (h- to top of ball suspension)

Germany, SA. A SA EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, Third Pattern certificate_of_authenticity white cotton mesh backer)(Sturmabteilung Grtelschnalle). Constructed of patinated bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised SA style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, set within a ribbed ring bearing oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, maker marked with a partially intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) insignia, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), one rivet securing the attachment prong post in place has broken and