and World War II Victory Medal)
exhibiting wear throughout
reverse centrepiece marked "PRL"
It was while in Lemnos that he contracted "Ameobic Dysentery" (an infection of the intestines by a parasite causing diarrhoea that contains blood or mucus)
on July 8th
Germany, Third Reich. A Horseman’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By L. Christian Lauer Hold and World War II Victory(Pferdesport Leistungsabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, obverse depicting central mounted horse, within an oval oak leaf wreath, with a horseshoe and letter R at the base, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting an elongated round wire catch, maker marked L. Christian Lauer, Nrnberg Berlin, measuring 41 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.