WW2 German Snipers Badge Second Class Silver

WW2 German Snipers Badge Second Class Silver

Highly detailed, hand embroidered Snipers Badges in the first, second and third class versions. The sniper’s badge was instituted on 20 August, 1944 by Adolf Hitler, “in recognition of the individual shooter with a rifle as a sniper, and for appreciation of the successes achieved here I introduce to the army and the Waffen SS, the sniper badge.”

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