Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge for Pistol Shooting Archive most finished in gilt and

most finished in gilt and some with a silvered finish

inscribed FRIDR AUG DG REX SAX INSTAURAVIT

35 mm (w) x 79

On the belt are two sliders with matching uppers and undersides

with buttonhole ribbon enclosed

Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge for Pistol Shooting Archive most finished in gilt and(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Gaumeisterabzeichen 1943 in Gold mit Eichenlaubkranz fr Pistole Schieen). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular green enameled laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a central raised and red enameled Tyrolean style German national eagle clutching a white enameled bullseye target defaced by a mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, and situated above a raised inscription of PISTOLE, the