Germany, Third Reich. A 1933 Höttingen Shooting Association Marksmanship Medal Hold measuring 89 mm x 41

measuring 89 mm x 41 mm

100mm (3 ¾ inches) in total length

after 1939 the rank of Kreisleiter began to be phased out

Butson's George Cross is on display at the Canadian Forces Base Borden Military Museum

Germany, Third Reich. A 1933 Höttingen Shooting Association Marksmanship Medal Hold measuring 89 mm x 41(Schtzenverein Httingen Schtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, with a central target overlaid by a mobile swastika, topped by a Stahlhelm, and flanked by a date of 1933, circumscribed by an inscription of NATIONALE EHREBUNG WETT SCHIESSEN (NATIONAL SHOOTING COMPETITION), the reverse with a raised village scene, above a Httingen coat