Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Light Version With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold Army Shooting Badge (in bronze

Army Shooting Badge (in bronze gilt

Schmidt was living and working for the Kilbey Manufacturing Company in Cleveland

measuring 104 mm x 31 mm

Instead he moved to the Netherlands and briefly went into hiding during the war

measuring 134 mm x 100 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Light Version With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold Army Shooting Badge (in bronze(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded and silvered cupal with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst executed with a silvered and patinated finish, surrounding a central silvered disc, overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, set within a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing a date of 1941, in turn trimmed