Germany, Third Reich. A 1937 Kyffhäuserbund Marksmanship Competition Victor’s Shield GTRexclude mounted to a silver bar

mounted to a silver bar with horizontal pinback

ring with decorative ribbing on the sides

In December 1936

relinquishing his temporary rank of Major

to a Army Lieutenant 1939

Germany, Third Reich. A 1937 Kyffhäuserbund Marksmanship Competition Victor’s Shield GTRexclude mounted to a silver bar(Abzeichen Plakette Schild Reichskriegerbund Wettkampfsieger 1937). Constructed of cupal, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a 1914 Iron Cross, surrounding a central bullseye target overlaid by a date of 1937 and crossed rifles, topped by a detailed depiction of the Kyffhuser Monument and a plaque bearing an inscription of WETTKAMPFSIEGER (COMBAT GAMES VICTOR), attached to a backplate with a black wool