Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Tyrolean Marksmanship Badges Hold 49th Infantry Battalion

49th Infantry Battalion

Instituted in 1847

measuring 77 mm (w) x 32 mm (h)

one wearing the Infantry Assault Badge

Neck badge consisting of an enameled red

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Tyrolean Marksmanship Badges Hold 49th Infantry Battalion(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Abzeichen). A pair of Tyrolean Marksmanship Badges, including: 1. A 1944 Gau Champions Badge for Pistol Shooting, constructed of gilded and painted bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a central raised Tyrolean eagle clutching a bullseye target overlaid by a mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1944, above an inscription of PISTOLE, the reverse with a horizontal pinback,