Germany, Ss. A Marksmanship Badge, I Class GTRexclude (12) Typed official file letter

(12)     Typed official file letter with two handwritten letters from Kuhlmann’s comrades to his family – all dealing with the circumstances of his aircraft being shot down and the death of all the crew members

They succeeded in shooting down one more of the enemy

measuring 181 mm (w) x 132 mm (h)

37 mm x 56 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

marked by maker’s cartouche of VILARDEBO Y RIERA

Germany, Ss. A Marksmanship Badge, I Class GTRexclude (12) Typed official file letter(SS Schtzenabzeichen, I. Klasse). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire bullseye target, above a pair of oak leaves of identical construction, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 75 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.