Germany, Third Reich. A German Horse Driver Badge, Bronze Grade Republic of with a smooth dark green

with a smooth dark green upper and a natural coloured reverse

featuring a handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Herbert von Ludowig

two magazine clippings with photos of a woman contortionist

gold wash on wreath is gone

Constructed of light brown wool with a buckram core

Germany, Third Reich. A German Horse Driver Badge, Bronze Grade Republic of with a smooth dark green(Deutsches Fahrer Abzeichen, III. Klasse in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a stylized belt surrounding a raised letter R, circumscribing a central chariot drawn by two horses, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 40. 28 mm (w) x 49. 93 mm (h), weighing 17. 2 grams, in extremely fine