Germany, SA. A 1937 SA-Gruppe Hochland/NSDAP Sports Competition Victor’s Plaque, with Case, by Carl Poellath Hold The rear of the helmet

The rear of the helmet is vented

(Medaille zur Huldigung von Westgalizien)

The blade sits securely within a multi-piece hilt with a gilded bronze crossguard

measuring 34 m (w) x 51

his death attributed to the wounds he sustained overseas

Germany, SA. A 1937 SA-Gruppe Hochland/NSDAP Sports Competition Victor’s Plaque, with Case, by Carl Poellath Hold The rear of the helmet(Wintersportkmpfe Plakette mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle perched on top of an edelweiss, in turn defaced by a Sturmabteilung (SA) insignia, flanked by an inscription of DER FHRER DER S. A. GRUPPE HOCHLAND (THE LEADER OF SA GROUP HOCHLAND), circumscribed by an inscription of WINTERSPORTKMPFE DER GLIEDERUNGEN DER N. S. D. A. P. ROTTACH EGERN (WINTER SPORTS GAMES OF THE NSDAP UNITS IN ROTTACH