Germany, Wehrmacht. A Shooting Lanyard Shield, Grade 9 Newly Listed constructed of a smooth dark

constructed of a smooth dark blue wool with a black wool cap band

Instituted in 1950 (in bronze gilt

A cap badge presenting two Austro-Hungarian soldiers in the mountains

flanked by branches of laurel leaves on either side

along with green oxidation and surface rust on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Shooting Lanyard Shield, Grade 9 Newly Listed constructed of a smooth dark(Schtzenschnur Abzeichen). Constructed of gilded aluminum, with all four reverse attachment prongs intact, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a central pebbled shield bearing crossed swords, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 57 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.