Germany, Third Reich. A 1937 Nürtingen Marksmanship Competition Victor’s Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 66 mm x 25

measuring 66 mm x 25 mm

he was transferred from Norfolk to the U

or Friedrich Linden

and nearly three years for the armor plating alone

Germany, Third Reich. A 1937 Nürtingen Marksmanship Competition Victor’s Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 66 mm x 25(Siegermedaille im Schiewettbewerb). Constructed of a silver alloy, the obverse bearing a central mobile swastika, overlaid by a sword, flanked by a banner overlaid by an inscription of DEUTSCHE WEHR DEUTSCHE EHR (GERMAN DEFENCE GERMAN HONOUR) and shield bearing a German national eagle and bullseye target, the reverse bearing a central depiction of the Kyffhuser Monument, circumscribed by a dedication to a 6th place finisher in the 8th annual