Germany, Imperial. A Colonial Award, I Class Buy Now a 1912 sharpshooter medal

a 1912 sharpshooter medal

measuring 30 mm (w) x 18 mm (h)

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M1/44" (C

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Germany, Imperial. A Colonial Award, I Class Buy Now a 1912 sharpshooter medal(Kolonialauszeichnung I. Klasse). Instituted 1922 by the Deutscher Kolonialkrieger Bund. (1922 1935 issue). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, joined together at the bottom by a Schutztruppe style slouch hat, superimposed over a pair of crossed swords and flanked by clusters of oak leaves, bearing a central prone lion with a palm tree visible in the background, circumscribed by an