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

on original ribbon

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,