Germany, SA. A 1939 SA-Gruppe Niederrhein Sports Competition Wrestling Victor’s Medal, with Case Republic of certified by the handwritten signature

certified by the handwritten signature of an NSDAP Geschaftsführer for the Munich district

the armband has been unraveled with its ends subsequently stitched over with two pieces of black threading subsequent applied to the middle

A fuller runs down the length of each side of the blade

He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1901 at the age of sixteen

Germany, SA. A 1939 SA-Gruppe Niederrhein Sports Competition Wrestling Victor’s Medal, with Case Republic of certified by the handwritten signature(Sturmabteilung Siegerpreis fr Ringen Federgewicht, mit Etui). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a central raised Sturmabteilung (SA) member in full kit, flanked by boxers and a javelin thrower, situated above an SA insignia flanked by dates 16. 18. 6. 1939, the reverse bearing an inscription of EHRENPREIS DER S. A. GRUPPE NIEDERRHEIN (HONOUR PRIZE OF S. A. GROUP NIEDERRHEIN LOWER RHINE), in turn situated above a plaque bearing