Germany, Third Reich. A 1937 Kyffhäuserbund Marksmanship Competition Victor’s Shield Hold Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen am Bande)

Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen am Bande)

on a horizontally pierced loop for suspension from its period original ribbon

exhibiting some scatches to enamelling

while the Navy and Marine Corps refer to it as the Combat Distinguishing Device or Combat "V"

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Germany, Third Reich. A 1937 Kyffhäuserbund Marksmanship Competition Victor’s Shield Hold Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen am Bande)(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