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

reverse engraved "A / JEAN RIGA / INCENDIE / A CLERMONT / LE 29 AOUT /1882" inside an open-ended wreath with "P" and "R" centre by a rose at its base

Just a few months after the end of his apprenticeship

for Mechanical Training Establishment

maker marked "23" (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heereshedarf in der Graveur-ubd Ziselierung

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.