Germany, Third Reich. A Rare and Mint German Horseman’s Badge, Gold Grade with Miniature and Case, by L. Christian Lauer Auction Five Forks

Five Forks

In the intervening years between WWI and WWII vast amounts of data concerning weapons were correlated

In brown plastic (cellulose acetate)

perforated around the neck with ventilation holes

demonstrating period replacement of the catch

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare and Mint German Horseman’s Badge, Gold Grade with Miniature and Case, by L. Christian Lauer Auction Five Forks(Deutsches Reiterabzeichen in Gold mit Anstecknadel und Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a stylized belt circumscribing a raised letter R, surrounding a central mounted horse situated over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting around wire catch, maker marked L. CHR. LAUER, NRNBERG BERLIN, measuring 41. 54 mm (w) x 51. 48 mm