Germany, Hj. An Early Sa-Style Enlisted Belt Buckle Hold numbered "116" and maker marked

numbered "116" and maker marked "CARL WILD HAMBURG" on the reverse

He had his WWI Trio sent to Winnipeg

A quality made award in silver gilt

surrounded by Latin inscription VIRTUTE ET MERITO (Virtue and Merit)

illustrating an insignia in the centre with a swastika below and flanked by wheat sheaves

Germany, Hj. An Early Sa-Style Enlisted Belt Buckle Hold numbered "116" and maker marked(HJ Grtelschnalle). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised central SA style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika within a ribbed ring bearing oak leaf branches, the reverse with dual attachment prongs, unmarked, measuring 54 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.