Austria, Empire. A Marksmanship Performance Badge Of The Kuk Artillery For First Gunners Archive mounted as originally worn German

mounted as originally worn German style: Iron Cross Second class 1914

marked L59 on reverse

Heinrich was reburied on the German military cemetery of Annœullin near Lille

Oktober 1938” circumscribed by an inscription of “Ein Volk

ordinances and rules as follows

Austria, Empire. A Marksmanship Performance Badge Of The Kuk Artillery For First Gunners Archive mounted as originally worn GermanIn bronzed tombac, illustrating crossed cannons backed by a target and surmounted by the Austrian crown, all within an open ended wreath of laurel leaves, measuring 45. 7 mm in diameter, intact clip, scattered bronzing wear on the obverse, surface rust on the reverse, very fine. Footnote: This was instituted in 1888 by Kaiser Franz Joseph, while in 1913 a similar badge, with the Hungarian crown, was adopted for the Hungarian Artillery.