Germany, Sa. A First Pattern Sturmabteilung Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle Archive Merit Cross 3rd Class with

Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords (bronze gilt

1912 with the Ottoman Empire

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

Accompanied by a box of issue

1915 in London

Germany, Sa. A First Pattern Sturmabteilung Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle Archive Merit Cross 3rd Class with(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.