Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Kufstein District Marksmanship Competition Badge, Silver Grade, by Carl Poellath Hold illustrating the Dutch wolf's hook

illustrating the Dutch wolf's hook

the exterior bearing an inscription of ‘MEDAILLE “WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1942/42” (OSTMEDAILLE)’ and a maker’s mark of “PAUL MEYBAUER

by the outlying pickets

IN FLANDERS FIELDS WHERE POPPIES GROW" above

the reverse in postcard format and bearing a brief handwritten dedication to the subject’s brother

Germany, Third Reich. A 1943 Kufstein District Marksmanship Competition Badge, Silver Grade, by Carl Poellath Hold illustrating the Dutch wolf's hook(Kreisschiessen Kufstein Abzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse bearing a red enameled German national eagle clutching a rifle, flanked by a black and white enameled bullseye target defaced by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of KRIES SCHIESSEN KUFSTEIN 1943, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked C. POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN, measuring 35 mm (w) x 45 mm (h),