Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Master Marksman’s Badge Archive the son of Patrick Joseph

the son of Patrick Joseph and Julia (Doyle) O'Donnell of Hamilton

2 mm (w) x 28 mm (h) each

Section 15

His family is of Franconian nobility and exists to this day

with slightly obscured mark GAS (for Scheid) on the suspension arch

Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Master Marksman’s Badge Archive the son of Patrick Joseph(Meisterschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a central Tyrol style German national eagle clutching a bullseye target defaced by a mobile swastika, in turn situated above a banner bearing a raised inscription of MEISTERSCHTZE 1943 (MASTER MARKSMAN 1943), the reverse stamped with an issue number of 2068, with a horizontal pinback crimped within a rectangular plate, unmarked,