He went overseas as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps and was placed with No
the leaf missing its stem
He resigned as a colonel in 1919
he was wounded in action in France on May 7
from October 1918 serving on the North America and West Indies Station
Germany, Third Reich. A German Driver’s Badge, Ii Class In Silver, By L. Christian Lauer certificate_of_authenticity He went overseas as a(Deutsches Fahrer Abzeichen II. Klasse in Silber). Instituted 16 May 1930. (1930 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a stylized buckle around a raised letter R, with a central chariot on a hollow background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked L. CHR. LAUER, NRNBERG, measuring 39. 10 mm (w) x