Germany – Weimar Republic / Third Reich: DRA German Sports Badge, Silver Grade, 1st type 1920-1935 issue without Swastika, early form made in bronze with a silver wash, reverse with ‘D.R.G.M. 35269’ and maker marked for Hermann Wernstein of Jena Lobstedt. A good example.
Condition: slight loss to silver wash on high-points, catch slightly enlarged, Good Very Fine
The German Sports Badge, also known as the German National Sports Badge was first created in the year 1913 and is one of the oldest awards of Germany still in active circulation. Between 1914 and 1933, the German Sports Badge was issued for the completion of various physical tests by the young male population. As a military award, during the inter-war years of the 1920s and prior to 1933, the German National Sports Badge was one of the few military awards bestowed to the peacetime Reichswehr. Between 1933 and 1939, the German Sports Badge was overshadowed by an almost identical decoration, the SA Sports Badge which was a sports badge issued by the Nazi Party. Even so, the German Sports Badge was still regarded as an important qualification badge, and both the SA Sports Badge and German Sports Badge could both be earned and displayed simultaneously.
