Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Tyrolean Pistol Marksmanship Gau Champion’s Badge Hold Hellenthal & Cie

Hellenthal & Cie

An example of a third reich period Kriegsmarine breast eagle

measuring 38 mm (w) x 33 mm (h)

1940 at Hamburg

Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Tyrolean Pistol Marksmanship Gau Champion’s Badge Hold Hellenthal & Cie(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Leistungsabzeichen 1944 fr Pistole). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a circular green enameled oak leaf wreath, surrounding a pebbled gilt disc, bearing a red enameled Tirolean eagle clutching a white enameled bullseye target bearing a mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1944 and above an inscription of PISTOLE, the reverse maker marked C.