Is this guy wearing a shooting lanyard or is this some other kind of device? Cheers, Torsten.
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another shooting lanyard?
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Hello:
Both are shooting lanyards. One acorn siginfies I. Class. Uncertain what the other class is because not visible.
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Thanks Bernhard. Does anyone know when the shooting lanyards were instituted? Were there any differences between the shooting lanyards fo rthe different German kingdoms, i.e. Saxon, Prussian, Bavarian, etc. or was this a unified national award? Cheers, Torsten.Originally posted by bhholstComment
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The shooting lanyards were instituted by Kaiser Wilhlem II on his 35th birthday , January 27, 1894.
For the first time the coulors of the German Empire were incorporated in the braiding of the lanyards with the exception of the Kingdom of Bavaria which utilized their Blue-White coulors.. By 1912 ten classes/grades were bestowed.
Classes 1-3 were of wool material with from one to three acorns to distigishthe classes;
From Classes 4 on the material was silk with the 9. and 10. Classes incorporated gold thread in addition as well as one gilded acorn ( 9. Class and two for the 10. )
As of Class 5 a goldcoulored medaillion was fastened to the rosette for Prussia, Saxony and Wuerttemberg with the royal crown and corresponding cyphers of the reigning monarch with the exception of Bavaria which used Nickelsilver with the crowned coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Also Bavaria for the 9. and 10. Classes changed from silver to gold coulored madaillions.
The marksmaship schools and the rifle testing facility used special silver acorns with silver cords.
In addition there existed other marksmanship prizes in the form of lanyards and sleeve plates.
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