Germany, DRL. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Wernstein
(Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Silber). Instituted 1934 by Deutsches Reichsbund für Leibesübungen. (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 extremely fine condition.

