Germany, Hj. A Marksmanship Badge By Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity Forty-Eight are Coast Artillery

Forty-Eight are Coast Artillery

separation evident on the right front corner on the exterior

with indented rules running the length of the belt near the edges on the obverse

769 natives under the command of Marine Infantry Colonel Alfred Dodds

A fine early quality manufacture textbook example of a Paratrooper/Fallschirmjäger badge

Germany, Hj. A Marksmanship Badge By Förster & Barth certificate_of_authenticity Forty-Eight are Coast Artillery(HJ Schtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a circular black enameled target, overlaid by silvered crossed rifles and a multi coloured enameled HJ insignia, the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M1 77 for Frster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring 21. 90 mm in diameter, weighing 6. 7 grams, in extremely fine condition.