Germany, Dsv. A German Marksmanship Association (Dsv) Small Honour Badge For Distunguished Shooting, Gold Grade Hold He is the only survivor

He is the only survivor of the officers who went out with the battalion and he was wounded in Tunisia

mild surface scratches

maker marked 65 for Klein & Quenzer A

19th Infantry Battalion received gun shot (shrapnel) wounds while in action in the front line trenches at Bully-Grenay

Germany, Dsv. A German Marksmanship Association (Dsv) Small Honour Badge For Distunguished Shooting, Gold Grade Hold He is the only survivor(Kleine Auszeichnung fr Schieleistung in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of an oak leaf wreath, with a central DSV eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika perched on top of a square target with an inscription of D. SCH. V., on a double hanger with a green enameled clasp bearing crossed rifles on top of a target, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), some chipping of the enamels