Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Kufstein District Marksmanship Competition Badge, Silver Grade, by Carl Poellath Hold IN FLANDERS FIELDS WHERE POPPIES

IN FLANDERS FIELDS WHERE POPPIES GROW" above

illustrating the Dutch wolf's hook

by the outlying pickets

the reverse in postcard format and bearing a brief handwritten dedication to the subject’s brother

in very fine condition

Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Kufstein District Marksmanship Competition Badge, Silver Grade, by Carl Poellath Hold IN FLANDERS FIELDS WHERE POPPIES(Kreisschiessen Kufstein Abzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse bearing a red enameled German national eagle clutching a rifle, flanked by a black and white enameled bullseye target defaced by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of KRIES SCHIESSEN KUFSTEIN 1943, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked C. POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN, measuring 35 mm (w) x 45 mm (h),