Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Republic of The maritime division is only

The maritime division is only awarded to personnel of the merchant navy

It features a 205 mm-long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and low edge

secreted within a period Admiralty folder

With original ribbon and packet of issue

51mm(w) x 52 mm(h)

Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Republic of The maritime division is only(Meisterschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a central Tyrol style German national eagle clutching a bullseye target defaced by a mobile swastika, in turn situated above a banner bearing a raised inscription of MEISTERSCHTZE 1943 (MASTER MARKSMAN 1944), the reverse stamped with an issue number of 935, with a horizontal pinback crimped within a rectangular plate, unmarked,