Germany, Heer. A Rare Sniper's Badge, Iii Class Newly Listed A badge of three-piece construction

A badge of three-piece construction

two Notices from the Australian Imperial Force Base Records Office - Victoria Barracks in Melbourne

silvered metal with an embedded brass coupling at the base

iron/magnetic core

Germany, Heer. A Rare Sniper's Badge, Iii Class Newly Listed A badge of three-piece construction(Abzeichen fr Scharfschtzen III. Klasse). A rare and well preserved Sniper's Badge, III Class, constructed of a field grey wool backer, the obverse bearing a black eagles head with eye and beak constructed of golden yellow threading, with feathering highlighted in white threading, peering between three oak leaves with an acorn mounted on the left, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 77 mm (h), with a small spot of material fatigue visible to the edge at