Guys, Can anyone tell me if this was a tinnie or a badge. I saw one from 1942 and noticed it was enameled. Was this stopped because of the war effort? How rare are these?
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It is a tinnie of a austrian shooting association.
Those clubs were mostly very traditional and not at first political. There still existing thousands of them in Germany and Austria.Comment
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As with the Opfer badge you showed the other week, this is an achievement badge in silver from the local shoot. They came in bronze, silver, gold & gold with oakleaves. Participants had to attain a particular score in the shoot before being awarded the badge in a particular grade, so unlike a tinnie that was purchased to promote an event, these were actually awarded.
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Thanks for all the info! Don, your wealth of knowledge continues to amaze me. This badge is actually fairly heavy for a hollow back piece, unlike most hollow back tinnies and badges I`ve encountered. So, as with the other badge awarded in different grades, would this one, as well as a bronze one, be rarer then the gold ones?Comment
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You are welcome Chris, this is an area that I have been interested in for a long time.
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