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The reverse has all 4 pins intact and has the word lanyard written on wreath. Deutsch abzeichen fur militar waffen proficiency weapons proficiency. Registerlogin to download connect my placements download story. Snipers badge was awarded to german snipers since september 1944 in 3 classes. Scang members hit their mark and earn german marksmanship. Has a thin horizontal pin back, with three piece brass construction with enamel. Information about german marksmanship badge schutzenschnur bronze. This is an extremely rare award for american service personnel.
The obverse depicts a luftwaffe eagle in flight clutching a mobile swastika and encompassed in a wreath of oak leaves. The german armed forces proficiency badge qualification took place over three days and included a german marksmanship range, swim test, fitness assessment and ruck march. Vintage lrg 1968 german shootinggun club marksmanship badge pin. Shop top fashion brands accessories at free delivery and. Enlisted soldiers may display the badge on their dress uniform. Americans, germans earn others marksmanship badges dvids. Constructed of silvered cupal, the obverse consisting of a central target composed of a bullseye surrounded by four rings, inside of an oak leaf wreath, with the double sig runes of the ss at the bottom, the reverse marked with the ss insignia and ges.
Wwii german army marksmanship lanyards and tank destruction badges. German armed forces badge of marksmanship bronze class 1 schutzenschnur. Can the us air force wear the german armed forces badge of marksmanship. Its a german marksmanship qualification thats an annual event for german soldiers. There is the german armed forces proficiency badge and the german weapons proficiency badge. How do i add the german proficiency badge to my erb, if possible.
Soldiers earn schutzenschnur german marksmanship badge. Apache troop takes aim at earning german marksmanship badge. Since he marksmanship badge looks like the iron cross, theres an urban legend in the german armed forces, that u. Three national guard airmen from the 169th fighter wing, south carolina air national guard were top shots this month, earning the german armys schutzenschnur marksmanship badge during a shooting competition held march 12 at the mccrady training site. Soldiers who also participated in the german armed forces proficiency badge test had an even harder job conducting events in temperatures up to 100 degrees fahrenheit. I found his picture and was curious as to if anyone knew if this was a thing. If authorized, personnel wear the award on the right side.
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If authorized, personnel wear the award on the right side of the uniform coat, with the upper portion attached under the center of the shoulder loop, and the bottom portion attached under. The army and air forces version of the award is a silver colored rope with a round metal badge on a flat end near the top of the rope, on its center it displays the german eagle surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves. Army soldier participates in the ruck portion of the german armed forces proficiency badge. Soldiers in wwii were awarded it for killing german soldiers wearing the iron cross.
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