Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Wernstein Auction This Purple Heart is of

This Purple Heart is of two-piece construction in the shape of a heart in bronze gilt and with purple

JUNI 1949""

within a stylized belt bearing an institution date of “1866” with arabesques

a 1936 Bremen SA-Gruppe Nordsee Day badge

A pith helmet eagle

Germany, Third Reich. A DRL Sports Badge, Silver Grade, by Hermann Wernstein Auction This Purple Heart is of(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