Germany, Third Reich. A 1933 Höttingen Shooting Association Marksmanship Medal United Republic of 1916 while at West Sandling:

1916 while at West Sandling: "Early in April (he) was in hospital with (an) infected knee at Moore Barracks

measuring 295 mm in length

50 mm x 25

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

Germany, Third Reich. A 1933 Höttingen Shooting Association Marksmanship Medal United Republic of 1916 while at West Sandling:(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