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"

5 mm (w) x 107 mm (l)

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

with a silver Iron Cross inscribed MIT GOTT FUR KOENIG UND VATERLAND 1813 (With God for King and Country 1813)

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