Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type I, Silver Grade With Case Auction "Meine Ehre heißt Treue"

"Meine Ehre heißt Treue"

large and very impressive

Frederick II used manoeuvre and terrain to decisively defeat a much bigger Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

within a ribbed wing bearing a raised inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD IS WITH US”)

chipping in the blue enamels on the centrepiece rings on both sides

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type I, Silver Grade With Case Auction "Meine Ehre heißt Treue"(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Gauleistungsabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised Tyrolean eagle clutching a bullseye target overlaid by a mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of TIROLER LANDESSCHIEEN (TYROLEAN STATE SHOOTING), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 49. 86 mm in diameter, weighing 27. 0 grams, accompanied by its