Germany, SA. A SA EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, Third Pattern Auction Archive Flying Officer Copeland and the

Flying Officer Copeland and the surviving Flying Officer Marceau were all awarded Operational Wings for gallant service in action against the enemy and for courageously having completed thirty missions or more

Constructed of bronze with embroidered ribbon

the rims on both the shield and the hanger engraved in a fine bead

signature of General der Flieger

dated May 31

Germany, SA. A SA EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, Third Pattern Auction Archive Flying Officer Copeland and the(Sturmabteilung Grtelschnalle). Constructed of patinated bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised SA style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, set within a ribbed ring bearing oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, maker marked with a partially intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) insignia, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), one rivet securing the attachment prong post in place has broken and