Germany, SS. An SS Marksmanship Sleeve Diamond, I. Class Auction light contact and gilt wear

light contact and gilt wear on the VM

which at the time was stationed at the Eastern Front in East Prussia as part of Army Group Centre

An oval badge constructed of silvered bronze

mothing in the wool backer

5 and Helmut Thumm

Germany, SS. An SS Marksmanship Sleeve Diamond, I. Class Auction light contact and gilt wear(SS Schieauszeichnungen, rmelraute 1. Schieklasse). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse bearing a central silver aluminum wire bullseye target, situated above a cluster of oak leaves of identical construction, the reverse retaining a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a makers code of A4 189, measuring 50 mm (w) x 75 mm (h), demonstrating sporadic mothing to the obverse, in very fine condition.