Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge for War Disabled, by Hermann Wernstein Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic With only 315 crosses issued

With only 315 crosses issued

" (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin = fever) and discharged the same day

Subsequently employed as an advertising manager

the twelve o’clock position topped by an integral loop with a suspension ring retaining a period original tri-fold ribbon

Zimmermann Pforzheim stamped on interior lid

Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge for War Disabled, by Hermann Wernstein Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic With only 315 crosses issued(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