Germany, Sa. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, By Berg & Nolte Auction Constructed of a dark grey

Constructed of a dark grey wool backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver wire oak leaf wreath flanked by wings

consisting of thirteen staggered panels on either side and linked together in the centre via a post on the right strap and an insert loop on the left strap

Instituted 19 March 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III

He was Killed in Action on 15th September 1916 and he is remembered on the Vimy Memorial

light fraying on the edges from storage

Germany, Sa. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, By Berg & Nolte Auction Constructed of a dark grey(SA Sportabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a central mobile swastika topped by a sword, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked BERG & NOLTE, LDENSCHEID, measuring 45. 73 mm (w) x 58. 18 mm (h), weighing 17. 3 grams, in extremely fine condition.