Germany, Third Reich. An Equestrian Badge, Iii Class In Bronze, By L. Christian Lauer United Republic of Swiss manufacture

Swiss manufacture

on loop for suspension from its partially frayed period original ribbon

The upper crossguard consists of a stylized design completing in a hooked quillon in the form of a lion’s head

Florida as LSO Instructor until August 1943

Germany, Third Reich. An Equestrian Badge, Iii Class In Bronze, By L. Christian Lauer United Republic of Swiss manufacture(Deutsches Reiterabzeichen, III. Klasse in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a stylized buckle with a letter R, with a central horse and rider on a hollow background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the reverse maker marked L. CHR. LAUER, NRNBERG BERLIN, measuring 41. 45 mm (w) x 51. 84 mm (h), weighing 15. 6 grams, in