Germany, SA. A Member’s Belt Buckle, First Pattern Auction a leopard head

a leopard head

bronze gilt with an overlaying silver ribbon banner

entitled "The Military Badges and Insignia of Southern Africa" by Colin R

Stitched into the upper left arm is a sleeve insignia composed of a black rayon patch with a machine-embroidered gold thread German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, SA. A Member’s Belt Buckle, First Pattern Auction a leopard head(Sturmabteilung Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften 1. Modell). Constructed of gilded and silvered brass, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed sunwheel style swastika, situated within a ribbed ring bearing oak leaf branches, the reverse with claws emanating from a functional roller, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), a first pattern buckle in extremely fine condition.