Germany, Ss. A Ss Marksmanship Badge, Master Shooter Class Newly Listed Knight with Swords (silver gilt

Knight with Swords (silver gilt and enamels

Companions Neck Badge

Instituted 1926 by King Alfonso XII of Spain

loss of most of the silver coating as is usual with these badges

the obverse depicts an Austrian eagle supported by an Austrian coat of arms

Germany, Ss. A Ss Marksmanship Badge, Master Shooter Class Newly Listed Knight with Swords (silver gilt(SS Scharfschtzenabzeichen, Meisterklasse). Constructed of silvered cupal, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at both the top and bottom by ribbon, the latter bearing etched double Sig runes, with a central diamond bearing a bullseye target, above three oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with double Sig runes, measuring 33. 52 mm (w) x 33. 74 mm (h),