A Standard Sa Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle Auction Archive A 1901 China Service Medal

A 1901 China Service Medal Bar to the 37th Infantry Regiment - Imperial Bar to Landwehr-Infanterie Reg

Just a few months after the end of his apprenticeship

for Mechanical Training Establishment

This is a textbook example of a mint and fine quality manufacture German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) by Fritz Zimmermann

mounted circa 1875 Prussian style

A Standard Sa Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle Auction Archive A 1901 China Service MedalConstructed of die stamped brass; the obverse with a national eagle perched atop a mobile wreathed swastika, surrounded by two looped ropes, with two oak leaf twigs on the bottom; the reverse with two intact solder points, with double claw prongs and a stamped catch; measuring 63 mm x 47 mm; a lightly worn example; in near very fine condition.