Germany, Third Reich. A 1942 Tyrolean Pistol Marksmanship Gau Champion’s Badge, By Carl Poellath Hold and we lie / In

and we lie / In Flanders Fields

tunic button firmly mounted on top with 1 inch brass band impressed with C

two in zinc

her right arm pointing to the Italian landscape below

Footnote: William Perkins was born on February 17

Germany, Third Reich. A 1942 Tyrolean Pistol Marksmanship Gau Champion’s Badge, By Carl Poellath Hold and we lie / In(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Leistungsabzeichen 1942 fr Pistole). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a circular green enameled oak leaf wreath, surrounding a pebbled gilt disc, bearing a red enameled Tirolean eagle clutching a white enameled bullseye target bearing a mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1942 and above an inscription of PISTOLE, the reverse maker marked C.