Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on a grey wool backer

on a grey wool backer

the Italian Bravery Medal in February 1942 and the German Cross in Gold on June 1

and include the loss of the former’s peak cockade and chinstrap

She was the only woman with this privilege

marked on reverse STERLING

Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Master Marksman’s Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on a grey wool backer(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,