Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type Ii, Bronze Grade Archive Approved by the National Council

Approved by the National Council of Administration

Reichskommissar for the occupied Netherlands

The biggest celebration was held at the Thingstätte in Heidelberg

the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered gold bullion wire inscription of “SPERRSCHULE”

and maker marked “Schwerin

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type Ii, Bronze Grade Archive Approved by the National Council(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Gauleistungsabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze with enamels, the obverse bearing a central red enameled Tyrolean eagle clutching a white enameled bullseye target overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TIROLER LANDESSCHIESSEN 1939 (TYROLEAN STATE SHOOTING 1939), the reverse with a clip hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 52. 14 mm in