Germany, SS. An SS Marksmanship Sleeve Diamond, I. Class Auction 5 and Helmut Thumm

5 and Helmut Thumm

An oval badge constructed of silvered bronze

the obverse bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire letters “SD”

30 December 1943)

I'm going to be 64 years old

Germany, SS. An SS Marksmanship Sleeve Diamond, I. Class Auction 5 and Helmut Thumm(SS Schieauszeichnungen, rmelraute 1. Schieklasse). Constructed of black wool with a buckram core, the obverse bearing a central silver aluminum wire bullseye target, situated above a cluster of oak leaves of identical construction, the reverse retaining a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a makers code of A4 189, measuring 50 mm (w) x 75 mm (h), demonstrating sporadic mothing to the obverse, in very fine condition.