Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Wuppertal-Elberfeld Marksmanship Competition Commemorative Medal Hold 5 mm (w) x 13

5 mm (w) x 13 mm (h) ribbon bar bearing a gilt wreath and crossed swords clasp

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

loss of black paint

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

illegible stamp on inner breast pocket

Germany, Third Reich. A 1934 Wuppertal-Elberfeld Marksmanship Competition Commemorative Medal Hold 5 mm (w) x 13(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,