Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type I, Bronze Grade With Case Newly Listed a second Heer EM/NCO’s breast

a second Heer EM/NCO’s breast eagle

and secured in place with machine stitching

and is approximately 27mm (one inch) wide

The second postcard illustrates a standing Captain Boelcke

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type I, Bronze Grade With Case Newly Listed a second Heer EM/NCO’s breast(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Gauleistungsabzeichen in Bronze mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised Tyrolean eagle clutching a bullseye target overlaid by a mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of TIROLER LANDESSCHIEEN (TYROLEAN STATE SHOOTING), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 40. 40 mm in diameter, weighing 18. 3 grams, accompanied by its period