Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on a grey wool backer

on a grey wool backer

She was the only woman with this privilege

1918) and his wife Henriette (née Schmidt)

marked on reverse STERLING

It was also during that month that he underwent training

Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on a grey wool backer(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,