A Mint And Unissued DRL Sports Proficiency Badge In Cloth, Silver Grade Auction Saxe-Ernestine-House Order Knight 2nd class

Saxe-Ernestine-House Order Knight 2nd class (Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinsicher Hausorden Ritterkreuz 2

reverse illustrating the royal crown above the intertwined monograms "A" and "W" (Empress Augusta and Kaiser Wilhelm I)

one being the Szent L

he also contracted Typhoid Fever while in the Somme

obverse illustrating the radiant cross of St Stephen upon a crown and three hills from the Hungarian coat of arms within a ring inscribed "DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI" (Latin from the Roman poet Horace - It is Sweet and Fitting to Die for One's Country)

A Mint And Unissued DRL Sports Proficiency Badge In Cloth, Silver Grade Auction Saxe-Ernestine-House Order Knight 2nd classA mint and unissued German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise Deutscher Reichsbund fr Leibesbungen sports proficiency badge in cloth; silver grade; in silvery BeVo style machine embroidery on black rayon backer; dated 1944; measuring 81 mm x 88 mm; mint and unworn condition.