A Mint 1944 Drl Silver Sports Badge; Cloth Version Hold The 9th Army later made

The 9th Army later made the northern flank of the German attack on Moscow after encircling Soviet defenses

The cap measures 266 mm x 107 mm (folded)

but of typical Wilhelm Deumer manufacture

measuring 16 mm x 19 mm

Reference OMRS Journal Spring 1975

A Mint 1944 Drl Silver Sports Badge; Cloth Version Hold The 9th Army later madeA mint and unworn textbook example of a 1944 DRL German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (Deutscher Reichsbund fr Leibesbungen DRL) silver proficiency sports badge; fine quality BeVo style machine embroidery in silvery threads in the shape of an eagle with downswept wings and a black swastika in the centre, surrounded by a wreath and dated 1944; on a black rayon base; measuring 83 mm x 86 mm; mint and unworn condition.