Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Wernstein Hold with a silvered star

with a silvered star

2 mm (h) "500 HOURS" clasp)

department group weapons

on a navy rayon backer and a black rayon core

Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Wernstein Hold with a silvered star(DRL Sportabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of 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 stylized initials DRL, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked WERNSTEIN, JENA for the firm of Hermann Wernstein, measuring 38. 74 mm (w) x 48. 78 mm (h), weighing 17. 5 grams, demonstrating minor loss