These presentation clasps were finished with golden/yellow fire gilding with burnishing to the high points of the obverse
Naming has been erased and privately engraved in italics on the QSA
date marked "r" (1912) and maker marked "SG" (Sebastian Garrard) on the reverse
Footnote: Robert Clarke was born in Ireland on April 25
engraved on the left (Unserem Chef zur Erinnerung Stockerau 2
Germany, Third Reich. A Horseman’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By L. Christian Lauer GTRexclude These presentation clasps were finished(Pferdesport Leistungsabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, obverse depicting central mounted horse, within an oval oak leaf wreath, with a horseshoe and letter R at the base, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting an elongated round wire catch, maker marked L. Christian Lauer, Nrnberg Berlin, measuring 41. 74 mm (w) x 51. 96 mm (h), weighing 14. 9 grams, in near extremely fine condition.