Germany, SA. A SA EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, Third Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac flanked by dates “1847-1887”

flanked by dates “1847-1887”

He was transferred to Le Havre for additional treatment on the 21st

and a pennant with a Luftwaffe eagle-and-swastika

Private Hitchcox was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star

The garrison was strengthened and prepared for a long siege

Germany, SA. A SA EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, Third Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac flanked by dates “1847-1887”(Sturmabteilung Grtelschnalle). Constructed of patinated bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised SA style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, set within a ribbed ring bearing oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, maker marked with a partially intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) insignia, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), one rivet securing the attachment prong post in place has broken and