Germany, SA. A 1939 SA-Gruppe Hochland Winter Sports Games Merit Plaque, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac presented in gold to lord

presented in gold to lord mayors and lord provosts (14 awarded) and silver to mayors and provosts (512 awarded) from across the United Kingdom

while the underside of the sweatband is stamped with a manufacture date of “42” and a size mark of “56”

in a sterling silver frame

with one folding crease

Germany, SA. A 1939 SA-Gruppe Hochland Winter Sports Games Merit Plaque, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac presented in gold to lord(Sturmabteilung Winterkampfspiele Plakette mit Etui). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy, the obverse consisting of a disc bearing a central pair of skis overlaid by a German national eagle clutching an SA Gruppe Hochland insignia in the form of an edelweiss defaced by an SA logo, flanked by an inscription of DER FHRER DER SA GRUPPE HOCHLAND (THE LEADER OF SA GRUPPE HOCHLAND), in turn circumscribed by an inscription of NS WINTERKAMPFSPIELE VILLACH