Germany, Third Reich. A German Driver’s Badge, Ii Class In Silver, By L. Christian Lauer certificate_of_authenticity from October 1918 serving on

from October 1918 serving on the North America and West Indies Station

he was wounded in action in France on May 7

He went overseas as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps and was placed with No

He resigned as a colonel in 1919

surrounded by a stippled ground

Germany, Third Reich. A German Driver’s Badge, Ii Class In Silver, By L. Christian Lauer certificate_of_authenticity from October 1918 serving on(Deutsches Fahrer Abzeichen II. Klasse in Silber). Instituted 16 May 1930. (1930 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a stylized buckle around a raised letter R, with a central chariot on a hollow background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked L. CHR. LAUER, NRNBERG, measuring 39. 10 mm (w) x