Germany, Heer. A Rare Sniper's Badge, Iii Class Newly Listed Wilhelm II

Wilhelm II

iron/magnetic core

On the diamond shields

silvered metal with an embedded brass coupling at the base

A badge of three-piece construction

Germany, Heer. A Rare Sniper's Badge, Iii Class Newly Listed Wilhelm II(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