Germany, Third Reich. A 1933 Höttingen Shooting Association Marksmanship Medal United Republic of He began the conflict as

He began the conflict as a young Second Lieutenant

Italy had sought colonies in Eritrea and Somalia in the 1880s and 1890s and invaded Tripoli on October 3

born June 1878 at Leeds

and General Staff Badge (three-piece construction

Germany, Third Reich. A 1933 Höttingen Shooting Association Marksmanship Medal United Republic of He began the conflict as(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