Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1936 Heer Marksmanship Competition Second Place Medal GTRexclude with clasp attached to ribbon

with clasp attached to ribbon “Vor Dem Feinde” (clasp represented an award for service on the front)

otherwise in extremely fine condition and rare

1940 he was posted to the staff of the Hamburg Sinstorf Flak Barracks

but was then made part of the newly formed Alpenkorps

on very fine quality manufacture

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1936 Heer Marksmanship Competition Second Place Medal GTRexclude with clasp attached to ribbon(Schtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a raised Heer soldier manning an anti aircraft gun, the reverse with an inscription of PREISRICHTEN 1936 2. PREIS, unmarked, measuring 50 mm in diameter, in better than very fine condition.