✚8191✚ German post WW2 1957 pattern Riding Badge Das Reiterabzeichen BRONZE or with the expansion of

or with the expansion of the German Reich

A newer design in blue and silver is used as the emblem in other contexts

becoming the first class of the award and the existing Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung became the second class

Enlisted ranks of Matrose up to and including Hauptgefreiter career insignia were generally embroidered on small round bases while NCO ranks of Maat up to and including Oberdeckoffizier career insignia were on larger

Army (Heer) and air force (Luftwaffe) junior officers' insignia are four pointed silver stars while field grade officers wear silver (black or white on camouflage uniforms) stars and a laurel wreath around the lowest star

✚8191✚ German post WW2 1957 pattern Riding Badge Das Reiterabzeichen BRONZE or with the expansion ofOriginal post WW2 (1957 pattern) German Riding Badge (Das Reiterabzeichen) in Bronze on its original carton with matching stickpin NICE EXAMPLE, MINT CONDITION, A FINE DETAILED PIECE WITH ATTRACTIVE FINISH, SIZE: cca 65 x 45 mm, RARE BADGE FEW FACTS ABOUT 1957 PATTERN AWARDS: In 1957 the West German government authorised replacement Iron Crosses with an Oak Leaf Cluster in place of the swastika, similar to the Iron Crosses of 1813, 1870, and 1914,