Germany, Third Reich. An SA Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, Early “Sunwheel” Swastika Version Republic of Footnote: Rainer (sometimes spelled Reiner)

Footnote: Rainer (sometimes spelled Reiner) Stahel was born on January 15

In March 1944 he was named Staffelkapitän of 6

The medium pumpkin-coloured celluloid grip features ten rows of very tightly wound aluminum bullion wire

with writing on the reverse indicating that Johann “Hans” Eberhart is buried at lot six

The tunic is otherwise unmarked

Germany, Third Reich. An SA Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, Early “Sunwheel” Swastika Version Republic of Footnote: Rainer (sometimes spelled Reiner)(Sturmabteilung Grtelschnalle). A textbook example of an early version sunwheel swastika SA enlisted personnel belt buckle, constructed of partially silvered brass, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle with its wings spread apart clutching a wreathed sunwheel style swastika situated within a ribbed ring bearing oak leaf branches, the eagle head below the lower rope, the reverse with swivel attached claws, two solder points, and a