Germany, Third Reich. A Drl Sports Badge For War Wounded, By Hermann Wernstein Archive Mittelbau started out as a

Mittelbau started out as a subcamp of Buchenwald and later became its own concentration camp

Fifth Class with Swords - In silver and enamels

with some oxidation visible to the wire features

He reverted to Bombardier on February 26

Germany, Third Reich. A Drl Sports Badge For War Wounded, By Hermann Wernstein Archive Mittelbau started out as a(Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen fr Versehrte). Constructed of gilded magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon overlaid by a mobile swastika, around central stylized initials DRL over a hollow void, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked WERNSTEIN, JENA, measuring 38. 72 mm (w) x 48. 35 mm (h), weighing 17. 5 grams, demonstrating