Germany, Third Reich. A German Horse Driver Badge, Bronze Grade Republic of Order of the Black Star

Order of the Black Star

dated to December 18

"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" engraved on the reverse

featuring a handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Herbert von Ludowig

Constructed of light brown wool with a buckram core

Germany, Third Reich. A German Horse Driver Badge, Bronze Grade Republic of Order of the Black Star(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