Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Wernstein Hold Ripf survived the war

Ripf survived the war

En route to that base

A 1914 Lippe-Schaumburg Loyal Service Cross - Bronze gilt

Army Commendation Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters

Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Wernstein Hold Ripf survived the war(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