Germany. An Equestrian Youths Badge, In Its Original Presentation Case Of Issue, By Christian Lauer Hold John with Five Year Service

John with Five Year Service Clasp (silvered base metal

the French aristocrat and military officer Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier

second version with "4 C

Royal Fusiliers began the war as a Driver with the Army Service Corps and according to online records of the National Archives

35mm(width) x 80

Germany. An Equestrian Youths Badge, In Its Original Presentation Case Of Issue, By Christian Lauer Hold John with Five Year Service(Jugendreiterabzeichen im Etui). A round bronze badge; the obverse depicting a ride ontop of a hourse, surrounded by a laurel wreath with an R for Reiter (German Equestrian) on the bottom; the reverse plain, with a horizontal pinback marked L. Christian Lauer, Nrnberg on the reverse; measuring 30. 75 mm in diameter; weighing 8. 3 grams. Accompanied by its original two piece presentation case; constructed of cardstock with a lightly textured black faux