Germany, Drl. A Sports Badge, Gold Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Hold with the feathering outlined in

with the feathering outlined in silver aluminum wire piping

He returned to duty but suffered another setback four weeks later

3 Wounds - Otto Nitsch Soldbuch: 24 pages total with 1 missing

one with a leather tab connected to a chain and hook

the reverse inscribed “Equitum Melitensium” (Latin - Loosely translated

Germany, Drl. A Sports Badge, Gold Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Hold with the feathering outlined in(DRL Sportabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a ribbon overlaid by a mobile swastika, with central stylized initials DRL, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked WERNSTEIN, JENA, measuring 38. 58 mm (w) x 48. 16 mm (h), weighing 17. 5 grams, in extremely fine condition.