Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type Ii, Bronze Grade Hold 09 mm (w) x 17

09 mm (w) x 17

great example

suspended from a ribbon with a “Hoheitszeichen”

a Dutch volunteer of SS-Freiwilligen-Legion Nederland and recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross (20 February 1943)

the comb slotted on both sides near its front for ventilation

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type Ii, Bronze Grade Hold 09 mm (w) x 17(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Gauleistungsabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze with enamels, the obverse bearing a central red enameled Tyrolean eagle clutching a white enameled bullseye target overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TIROLER LANDESSCHIESSEN 1939 (TYROLEAN STATE SHOOTING 1939), the reverse with a clip hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 52. 14 mm in