Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge for Pistol Shooting Newly Listed on typical flat suspension loop

on typical flat suspension loop and period original red neck ribbon

"courageous defence of the state borders"

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted on May 28

Gardiner - 1939-1945 Star

The document retains a razor-sharp studio photo of Dorn in the uniform of an SS-Mann and wearing an overseas cap

Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge for Pistol Shooting Newly Listed on typical flat suspension loop(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Gaumeisterabzeichen 1943 in Gold mit Eichenlaubkranz fr Pistole Schieen). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular green enameled laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a central raised and red enameled Tyrolean style German national eagle clutching a white enameled bullseye target defaced by a mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1943, and situated above a raised inscription of PISTOLE, the