Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge for War Disabled, by Hermann Wernstein Hold A Belgian Life Saving Society

A Belgian Life Saving Society Medal

accompanied by its Certificate of Authenticity card

and personal effects

An extremely rare example

symbolic of commerce

Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge for War Disabled, by Hermann Wernstein Hold A Belgian Life Saving Society(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