Germany, Third Reich. A German Equestrian Badge, Gold Grade, By L. Christian Lauer Auction 2nd type eagle with flared

2nd type eagle with flared tail

with the pressed fabric experiencing fragmentation and missing its rubber ring in the dome

He was awarded the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords on September 24

overlaid by a German Labour Front- (DAF) style German national eagle perched on top of a cogwheel

British War Medal (204731 PTE

Germany, Third Reich. A German Equestrian Badge, Gold Grade, By L. Christian Lauer Auction 2nd type eagle with flared(Deutsches Reiterabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath,joined together at the bottom by a belt bearing a central letter R, around a mounted horse on a hollow background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked L. CHR. LAUER, NRNBERG, measuring 41. 92 mm (w) x 51. 88 mm (h), weighing 14. 5 grams, with only traces amounts of gilt finish