Austria, Third Reich. A 1940 Austrian Rifle Company Membership Badge Hold but it proved to be

but it proved to be a wise decision and successful

by the "Regulation on the Awarding of the Order"

Footnote: Awarded for valour of heroic conduct while fighting the enemy

from which he was dismissed in late December 1919

standing on a rock outcrop with a linden tree and the engraver's name "M

Austria, Third Reich. A 1940 Austrian Rifle Company Membership Badge Hold but it proved to be(Standschtzenverband Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal with red enamel, horizontal pinback, maker marked Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen on reverse, measuring 23 mm in diameter, in overall near extremely fine condition.