A 1942 Tirol Shooting Competition Pistol Marksmanship Award by Carl Poellath

In gilt metal (magnetic) and red, white, and green enamels; horizontal pinback; maker marked “Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen” on reverse; measuring 51 mm in diameter; extremely fine condition.

Footnote: The Meisterschütze badge would normally have been awarded at the annual Tiroler Landesschiessen held in Innsbruck, Austria. To receive one, a minimum score had to be achieved in three events (Pistol, KK-Gewehr & Wehrmann competitions). A large number of these badges were un-issued and were released onto the collectors market when the old shooting ground in Innsbruck was demolished at the end of the war (they had been stored there since the war).