Germany, Republic. A Heavy Athletic Sports Association (Dasv) Golden Sports Badge, By Eugen Schmidhäussler Auction Archive gilt wear evident on the

gilt wear evident on the World War I Victory Medal

There is a 50 mm-wide white leather sweatband fully ringing the interior

Footnote: The medal was instituted on June 29

He was invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship S

The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged to form the Royal Air Force on April 1

Germany, Republic. A Heavy Athletic Sports Association (Dasv) Golden Sports Badge, By Eugen Schmidhäussler Auction Archive gilt wear evident on the(Deutscher Athletik Sportverband Mitgliedsabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, tied together at the bottom by a ribbon with a date of 1891, with central initials DASV, the reverse with a horizontal pinback and makers mark of E. SCHMIDHUSSLER, PFORZHEIM, measuring 43. 18 mm (w) x 38. 00 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.