Germany, Drk. A German Red Cross High Official’s Visor Cap, Attributed To Ernst-Robert Grawitz Auction Archive A DRL (German League of

A DRL (German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) gold grade sports badge

who created a chain of radar stations around the UK which enabled advance information to be available to the Royal Air Force of incoming German aircraft and was instrumental in the winning of the 1940 Battle of Britain

while serving with the Royal Flying Corps

a laurel wreath and the number 40

Germany, Drk. A German Red Cross High Official’s Visor Cap, Attributed To Ernst-Robert Grawitz Auction Archive A DRL (German League of(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Schirmmtze). A rare and well preserved German Red Cross (DRK) High Officials visor cap, retrieved from the estate of SS Obergruppenfhrer Ernst Robert Grawitz, constructed of white whipcord wool. It features reinforced side walls, fully lined on the exterior with a smooth dark grey wool cap band. Both the top and bottom edges of the cap band are trimmed with gold bullion wire piping. Pinned onto the peak is an insignia consisting