Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Wernstein Province of China Oberst (Colonel) Hermann Hohn (1897–1968)

Oberst (Colonel) Hermann Hohn (1897–1968)

one bronze and enamel badge bearing the busts of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph I

minor chipping to white enamels

Commander's Neck Cross - in Gold and enamels (single small repair to enameling)

In the end

Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Wernstein Province of China Oberst (Colonel) Hermann Hohn (1897–1968)(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