A Standard Sa Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle Auction Archive other two damaged/repaired

other two damaged/repaired

This is a textbook example of a mint and fine quality manufacture German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) by Fritz Zimmermann

Just a few months after the end of his apprenticeship

reverse engraved "A / JEAN RIGA / INCENDIE / A CLERMONT / LE 29 AOUT /1882" inside an open-ended wreath with "P" and "R" centre by a rose at its base

measuring 179x130mm

A Standard Sa Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle Auction Archive other two damaged/repairedConstructed of die stamped brass; the obverse with a national eagle perched atop a mobile wreathed swastika, surrounded by two looped ropes, with two oak leaf twigs on the bottom; the reverse with two intact solder points, with double claw prongs and a stamped catch; measuring 63 mm x 47 mm; a lightly worn example; in near very fine condition.