Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type Ii, Bronze Grade Hold a Dutch volunteer of SS-Freiwilligen-Legion

a Dutch volunteer of SS-Freiwilligen-Legion Nederland and recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross (20 February 1943)

with the outer lid embossed in silver with the outline of an Iron Cross

suspended from a ribbon with a “Hoheitszeichen”

great example

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type Ii, Bronze Grade Hold a Dutch volunteer of SS-Freiwilligen-Legion(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