Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Province of China The book contains 728 pages

The book contains 728 pages of text

circumscribed by an inscription of “DER TAPFERKEIT” (“TO BRAVERY”)

5 mm (h) when folded

topped by a Romanov royal warrant

the badge is surmounted by a silver and green enamelled device with a small semi-precious stone at each end below a large central stylized lily

Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Province of China The book contains 728 pages(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,