An Third Reich Army Shooting Lanyard Auction Three weeks into the new

Three weeks into the new year

December 1938

” was a beloved comrade and the ideal German officer

The Imperial German Army began to replace the traditional Pickelhaube (spiked helmet) with the Stahlhelm in 1916

An Third Reich Army Shooting Lanyard Auction Three weeks into the newThick, twisted, interwoven bright silver bullion braid, head of the lanyard with a 39. 5 mm x 54. 5 mm silvered zinc badge displaying the Wehrmacht eagle above a shield fronted by crossed swords, framed by a wreath of oak leaves, 395 mm in length inclusive of its suspensions loop, Army green cloth backer, scattered silvering wear on the badge, fraying evident on the bullion knots and loops, near extremely fine.