Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Republic of 51mm(w) x 52 mm(h)

51mm(w) x 52 mm(h)

Instituted 1935 (Issued 1935-1942)

including a wooden badge commemorating the Flag Presentation to the Warriors of Henndorf in 1939

presenting cleaning residues along the cross

secreted within a period Admiralty folder

Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Republic of 51mm(w) x 52 mm(h)(Meisterschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a central Tyrol style German national eagle clutching a bullseye target defaced by a mobile swastika, in turn situated above a banner bearing a raised inscription of MEISTERSCHTZE 1943 (MASTER MARKSMAN 1944), the reverse stamped with an issue number of 935, with a horizontal pinback crimped within a rectangular plate, unmarked,