Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Wuppertal-Elberfeld Marksmanship Competition Commemorative Medal Hold not so well known

not so well known

loss of black paint

with bands displaying hand-etched oak leaf designs similarly distributed around the exterior of both the top and bottom

measuring 30 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

but had never understood the Orthodox faith and eventually abandoned it to convert to Lutheranism in 1909

Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Wuppertal-Elberfeld Marksmanship Competition Commemorative Medal Hold not so well known(Medaille). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal backplate with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing central raised and rightward facing profiles of AH and Paul von Hindenburg, circumscribed by inscriptions of 10. BERGISCHES BUNDESSCHIEESEN 1934 and W. ELBERFELD, the reverse bearing a depiction of the Wuppertal Elberfeld Jagd. und Schtzenhaus in high relief, unmarked,