Germany, Drl. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Newly Listed When Edwin was eight years

When Edwin was eight years old

and Aircraft Observer Badge (sterling silver

7499" on the edge

number 81830

the shield bisected from upper right to lower left

Germany, Drl. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Newly Listed When Edwin was eight years(Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Silber). Instituted 1934 by Deutsches Reichsbund fr Leibesbungen. (1934 1944 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, with central stylized initials DRL, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked WERNSTEIN, JENA, measuring 38. 55 mm (w) x 48. 51 mm (h), in near