Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Kufstein District Marksmanship Competition Badge, Silver Grade, by Carl Poellath GTRexclude VIII - The Gallant Gunners

VIII - The Gallant Gunners in the Crimea

measuring 67 mm in length

8 March 1943 - Nuremberg

A Commander neck badge

Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Kufstein District Marksmanship Competition Badge, Silver Grade, by Carl Poellath GTRexclude VIII - The Gallant Gunners(Kreisschiessen Kufstein Abzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse bearing a red enameled German national eagle clutching a rifle, flanked by a black and white enameled bullseye target defaced by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of KRIES SCHIESSEN KUFSTEIN 1943, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked C. POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN, measuring 35 mm (w) x 45 mm (h),