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

Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords (bronze gilt

1915 in London

Of superb quality and craftsmanship

while foreigners were admitted either for past services to Greece

marked by maker’s mark of Friedrich Rothe

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.