Germany, SA. A Wehrmannschaft Armband Auction Archive missing its backplate and with

missing its backplate and with evidence of hinge repair

his photographs have been used in many books on orders

2nd Class for NCOs and Enlisted Men - Bronze gilt

The tunic is closed with five field-grey bakelite buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the right

Things did not go quite so well for Loshintsa-based 4 GIAD

Germany, SA. A Wehrmannschaft Armband Auction Archive missing its backplate and with(SA Wehrsport Armbinde fr Angehrige der Wehrmannschaften). Constructed of a red cotton base, the exterior bearing a white cotton disc measuring 8. 5 cm in diameter, in turn overlaid by a machine embroidered golden brown SA Sports Badge consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a mobile swastika, in turn defaced by a sword, unmarked, measuring 10 cm (w) x 20. 5 cm (l) when folded on a flat surface, in extremely fine condition.