Germany, DSB. A Deutscher Schützenbund (German Shooting Federation) Gaumeister Badge, c.1931
(Deutscher Schützenbund Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi-coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, obverse depicts central black and silver enamel German national eagle clutching a white and black enamel target, above plaque reading “DEUTSCHER SCHÜTZENBUND - GAUMEISTER” (“GERMAN SHOOTING FEDERATION - REGIONAL CHAMPION”), within an oval oak leaf wreath, reverse with etched inscription “Gaumeister im Jahre 1931, 1932, 1933” (“Regional Champion in the years 1931, 1932, 1933”), maker marked “L. Christian Lauer, Nürnberg-Berlin”, in extremely fine condition.

