Description
One cabinet card-style studio portrait of a member of Grenzschutztruppen des XVII
all with a dark blue threaded background on a black backer
1945 and was awarded to officers in the Peoples Army or of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for singular merit
Instituted on 5 November 1936
40 mm (w) x 39
Germany, SA. A Member’s Belt Buckle, First Pattern Auction One cabinet card-style studio portrait(Sturmabteilung Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften 1. Modell). Constructed of gilded brass, the obverse bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed sunwheel style swastika, situated within a ribbed ring bearing laurel branches, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.