Footnote: Pierre Amédée Durand produced a series of medals of famous men beginning in 1817
Commander (in silver with red and light blue enamels
(Beamter auf Kriegsdauer): Four rows of white threading wrapped in fine strands of aluminum wire
along with three others badges (one in bronze gilt
the latter within an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves
Germany, Third Reich. A German Equestrian Badge, Silver Grade, By L. Christian Lauer Buy Now Footnote: Pierre Amédée Durand produced(Deutsches Reiterabzeichen in Silver). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath,joined together at the bottom by a belt bearing a central letter R, around a mounted horse on a hollow background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked L. CHR. LAUER, NRNBERG, measuring 42. 18 mm (w) x 51. 58 mm (h), weighing 20. 7 grams, in extremely fine condition.