Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Master Marksman’s Badge Archive 65 cm in the sleeves

65 cm in the sleeves

Section 15

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

the son of Patrick Joseph and Julia (Doyle) O'Donnell of Hamilton

Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Master Marksman’s Badge Archive 65 cm in the sleeves(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,