Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Badges and Insignia
(Drittes Reich Abzeichen und Insignien). A lot of three badges and insignia, including a DRL Sports Badge, Bronze Grade, constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by stylized initials “DRL”, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked “WERNSTEIN, JENA”, measuring 38.78 mm (w) x 48.16 mm (h), weighing 17.7 grams, in near extremely fine condition; a War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an inscription of “FÜR KRIEGS-VERDIENST 1939” (“FOR WAR MERIT 1939”), unmarked, measuring 32.37 mm in diameter, weighing 13.4 grams, in near extremely fine condition, and; a NSDAP membership badge, constructed of zink, horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a central black mobile swastika on a white disc, within a red ring bearing a raised inscription of “NATIONAL-SOZIALISTISCHE D.A.P.”, the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/101” for Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 23.56 mm in diameter, weighing 3.6 grams, some loss of paint evident, in overall very fine condition.

