Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge for War Disabled, by Hermann Wernstein Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic overlaid by a bronzed eagle

overlaid by a bronzed eagle in mid-flight over a hollow background

it weighs 24

peeling and loss around the throat and along the outer edge

With only 315 crosses issued

Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge for War Disabled, by Hermann Wernstein Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic overlaid by a bronzed eagle(Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen fr Versehrte). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a ribbon defaced by a mobile swastika, surrounding initials DRL, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, maker marked WERNSTEIN, JENA for the firm of Hermann Wernstein, measuring 38. 13 mm (w) x 48. 23 mm (h), weighing 17. 5