German Riders Award Badge with M

**DLSpecialties** · 05-16-2014, 02:52 PM

I have researched this German Riders Award Badge.
I know a style of it was created in 1930 and later an R was added to the Award...
This one has an M where the R is on all the others I see listed in articles and for sale.
Can you tell me if this is an earlier version? What does the M stand for?
I would appreciate any other historical and value information on this very interested award.

Thank you

Diane

PS... some tell me this may be a V and not an M ...

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**DLSpecialties** · 05-16-2014, 05:34 PM

this arrow points to the area that I am referencing as M or V...
Is it a letter at all? is it just part of the design and made to look like a stylized ribbon?
Thanks for any help...
Diane

**bigmacglenn** · 05-16-2014, 05:41 PM

That's just a stylized ribbon, not a letter...The needle may be a replacement as well.
cheers, Glenn

**DLSpecialties** · 05-16-2014, 05:53 PM

Thank you for your reply... was this style made at the same time as the styles with the R ?
earlier or later?

**bigmacglenn** · 05-16-2014, 05:57 PM

This is the postwar version...
cheers, Glenn

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**HPL2008** · 05-16-2014, 05:58 PM

It's a ribbon, not a letter.

As Glenn said, this version of the badge (without the "R") is the post-war version.

It is, however actually not a "1957" version, as this badge did not fall under the regulations of the 1957 law.

The circular "R"-device was the symbol of the Reichsverband zur Zucht und Prüfung deutschen Warmbluts [National Association for the Breeding and Testing of German Warm-Blooded Horses] and also featured on the other badges awarded by this organization.

Note that the reverse of this badge bears the abbreviated name of that body's succesor-of-sorts, the Zentral-Kommission für die Leistungsprüfungen von Warmblut- und Kaltblutpferden [Central Committee for the Performance Tests of Warm-blooded and Cold-blooded Horses], which was founded in the early post-war years. (Around 1949, I think.) Opposite that is the name of the badge's manufacturer, Steinhauer & Lück of Lüdenscheid.