Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Tirol Small Calibre Shooting Badge By Carl Poellath Hold 108th and 144th Infantry Battalions

108th and 144th Infantry Battalions

Blackened lacquered leather construction with silvered metal fittings

the reverse of the locket exhibiting green oxidation

and Army Breast Eagle (fine aluminum wire threading on green cotton

Germany, Third Reich. A 1944 Tirol Small Calibre Shooting Badge By Carl Poellath Hold 108th and 144th Infantry Battalions(Schtzenabzeichen). Constructed of zink, horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a red Tirol style eagle clutching a target overlaid by a swastika, flanked by a date of 1944, above an inscription of KK GEWEHR for KLEINKALIBER GEWEHR (SMALL CALIBRE RIFLE), the reverse maker marked CARL POELLATH, SCHROBENHAUSEN, measuring 40. 21 mm in diameter, in better than very fine condition.