Austria, Empire. A Marksmanship Performance Badge Of The Kuk Artillery For First Gunners GTRexclude (Dannebrogordenen Ridderkorset)

(Dannebrogordenen Ridderkorset)

some light soiling

Kraas holds the rank of SS-Obersturmbannführer and is the regiment commander of the SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment 2 “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”

The inside comes complete with its original nine-panel black-finished leather liner

Published for "Germans in General"

Austria, Empire. A Marksmanship Performance Badge Of The Kuk Artillery For First Gunners GTRexclude (Dannebrogordenen Ridderkorset)In bronzed tombac, illustrating crossed cannons backed by a target and surmounted by the Austrian crown, all within an open ended wreath of laurel leaves, measuring 45. 7 mm in diameter, intact clip, scattered bronzing wear on the obverse, surface rust on the reverse, very fine. Footnote: This was instituted in 1888 by Kaiser Franz Joseph, while in 1913 a similar badge, with the Hungarian crown, was adopted for the Hungarian Artillery.