A Standard Sa Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle Auction Archive This is a textbook example

This is a textbook example of a mint and fine quality manufacture German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) by Fritz Zimmermann

reverse engraved "A / JEAN RIGA / INCENDIE / A CLERMONT / LE 29 AOUT /1882" inside an open-ended wreath with "P" and "R" centre by a rose at its base

maker marked "23" (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heereshedarf in der Graveur-ubd Ziselierung

measuring 179x130mm

A Standard Sa Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle Auction Archive This is a textbook exampleConstructed of die stamped brass; the obverse with a national eagle perched atop a mobile wreathed swastika, surrounded by two looped ropes, with two oak leaf twigs on the bottom; the reverse with two intact solder points, with double claw prongs and a stamped catch; measuring 63 mm x 47 mm; a lightly worn example; in near very fine condition.