Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Newly Listed measuring 42 mm (w) x

measuring 42 mm (w) x 14

Class on the 2nd of March 1944

The next day the two groups continued to make their way south from Frayence

First Period

Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Newly Listed measuring 42 mm (w) x(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,