A German Grade 2 Wehrmacht Marksmanship Lanyard; Type 1 Auction 1944 and May 2

1944 and May 2

Mounted to a traditional Spanish-style horizontal hanger with swing bar pinback

with the background in a mid-tone blue

The easiest route to Fort Garry did not pass through the United States and was through a network of rivers and lakes extending for six-hundred miles from Lake Superior

consisting of a Cross Pattée with a magnetic blackened iron core within a ribbed silver frame

A German Grade 2 Wehrmacht Marksmanship Lanyard; Type 1 Auction 1944 and May 2Constructed of extremely thin twisted silver aluminum bullion wires over thick black cord, all braided into an ornate knot with a silvered aluminum shield depicting a national eagle perched atop a mobile swastika; the knot with a field grey wool backer; the underside of the braid with a protective off white strip of fabric; with an acorn attached to the lower end of the lanyard; both ends ending in a loop for uniform attachment; measuring 410 mm long;