Germany, SA. A Rare SA-Leibstandarte Downhill Skiing Champion’s Plaque, with Case United Republic of (Звезда Орден Святой Анны)

(Звезда Орден Святой Анны)

(Wehrmacht Kreuz des 5

the Officer's Cross instituted in 1901

original naming has been erased

also marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) insignia and maker code “M9/242”

Germany, SA. A Rare SA-Leibstandarte Downhill Skiing Champion’s Plaque, with Case United Republic of (Звезда Орден Святой Анны)(SA Leibstandarte Plakette mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a circular medallion bearing a central SA Leibstandarte insignia in the form of a cursive L defaced by an edelweiss and mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of SA LEIBSTANDARTE ERSTER IM ABFAHRTSLAUF A. KL. 1939 for first place in a downhill skiing competition, all in turn overlaying a pair of skis, unmarked, measuring 82 mm (w) x 110 mm (h),