Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type I, Bronze Grade With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac An Order of National Merit

An Order of National Merit of Chad

measures 56mm (w) x 18

Instituted in 1854 as a Medal of Distinction and promoted in 1884 as an Order of Merit

two are regular (J

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Tyrolean Marksmanship Gau Achievement Badge, Type I, Bronze Grade With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac An Order of National Merit(Standschtzenverband Tirol Vorarlberg Gauleistungsabzeichen in Bronze mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised Tyrolean eagle clutching a bullseye target overlaid by a mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of TIROLER LANDESSCHIEEN (TYROLEAN STATE SHOOTING), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 40. 40 mm in diameter, weighing 18. 3 grams, accompanied by its period