Germany, Weimar Republic. A Large Merit Medal For Distinguished Horse Breeding And Testing GTRexclude Roman Tavast

Roman Tavast

ground dug example (recovered in Slovenia)

facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left side

At only 16 years of age Gehlken already measured 188 cms (6 ft

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Large Merit Medal For Distinguished Horse Breeding And Testing GTRexclude Roman Tavast(Leistungsmedaille fr Zucht und Prfung). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a round oak leaf wreathed, joined at the bottom by a stylized buckle around a letter R, with a central horse and foal, the reverse with a round laurel wreath, around an inscription of REICHSVERBAND FR ZUCHT UND PRFUNG DEUTSCHEN WARMBLUTS FR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNGEN (REICH ASSOCIATION FOR HORSE BREEDING AND TESTING FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES), unmarked,