Germany, Drl. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction Footnote:The L in Artillery Regiment

Footnote:The L in Artillery Regiment 16 (L) stands for Luftwaffe

Luxembourg and far western Germany and is topographical in nature

maker marked with a sticker reading “Fr

hallmarked and marked ""BRONZE"" on the edge

the slider at the buckle end with a brown wool and cotton flap stitched in place on the reverse

Germany, Drl. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Auction Footnote:The L in Artillery Regiment(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