Germany, Drl. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Newly Listed Grand Cross Set of Insignia

Grand Cross Set of Insignia

the reverse with a raised inscription of “VERLIEHEN VOM PREUSSISCHEN LANDESFEUERWEHR VERBAND” (“BESTOWED BY THE PRUSSIAN FIRE FIGHTING ASSOCIATION)

the shield bisected from upper right to lower left

Odum at the lower right

When Edwin was eight years old

Germany, Drl. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Newly Listed Grand Cross Set of Insignia(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