Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Republic of The preliminary Iron Cross 2nd

The preliminary Iron Cross 2nd Class certificate is names to Gefreiter (lance corporal) Georg Müller

51mm(w) x 52 mm(h)

with images of personnel training and at leisure

It features a 205 mm-long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and low edge

Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Republic of The preliminary Iron Cross 2nd(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 1944), the reverse stamped with an issue number of 935, with a horizontal pinback crimped within a rectangular plate, unmarked,