Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Master Marksman’s Badge Archive with slightly obscured mark GAS

with slightly obscured mark GAS (for Scheid) on the suspension arch

outdoor games/sports

measuring 148

65 cm in the sleeves

Section 15

Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Master Marksman’s Badge Archive with slightly obscured mark GAS(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 1943), the reverse stamped with an issue number of 2068, with a horizontal pinback crimped within a rectangular plate, unmarked,