Norway, Kingdom. An Army Sharpshooter Proficiency Badge, Ii Class Silver Grade Auction Archive thus giving it a red

thus giving it a red Waffenfarbe to signify artillery

constructed of a coppered bronze alloy

These images are joined together with oak leaf branches dotted with acorns

the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom

scattered silvering wear on both badges

Norway, Kingdom. An Army Sharpshooter Proficiency Badge, Ii Class Silver Grade Auction Archive thus giving it a red(Den norske hrens skyteferdighetsmerke). Instituted in 1924. In silver, marked "830 S" (silver) and maker marked on the reverse, measuring 25 mm (w) x 46. 2 mm (h), light contact and surface wear, original ribbon with pinback, better than very fine. Footnote: The Sharpshooter Proficiency Badge was instituted in 1924 and until 1945, came in three classes: I Class Gold Grade, II Class Silver Grade and III Class Bronze Grade. These were instituted during