shooting lanyards

[Chris Clark]

this is what i have come up with so far. looks better face up than the pic

[Roeland]

Very nice!!!!

lovely display as well, can you tell more about these lanyards?

[Gerd Becker]

Wow, nice display, Chris. Is the Heer-set complete? These are very neglegted from many collectors, but they are an award too, which needed some skill to get them. I like them

[Paul R]

I like them as well. Any chance at getting a better photo in a natural light?

Paul

[Chris Clark]

natural light.

[Paul R]

Very impressive!! I really like the upper grade heer Lanyard. Your Panzer lanyard is only the second I have ever seen!

All you need now are a few from the Kriegsmarine!!

Paul

[Roeland]

Dear Chris,

maybe off topic but can you tell more about the shooting lanyard, I have one on a Bavarian uniform, but don't know the history of it, when was it first awarded etc.I believe they are awarded for marksman shooting? or something like that, but even that I don't know for sure.

Thanks in advance.

kind regards,

Roeland

[Chris Clark]

roeland if you can post a pic. on the krigsmarine what i find odd is that they never had a badge on there lanyards like the other services. roeland not sure when introduced i expect around 1934 ish when nearly all badges etc then incorporated the swaz. there are twelve grades on the army , 8 for panzer and 8 for luft if my memory serves me right. i am looking out for luft ones at the moment as seem more rare to get thyan the others for some reason

[Roeland]

my scanner has broken down so I couldn't get a good picture of it, but I still have this one on my computer, hope you can see it well enough.

It's an Imperial shooting lanyard from the period before WW1.

I bought this one at a militaria shop in Leiden specialised in Imperial items(the only one in the Netherlands)

I asked the seller, he said there are multiple models, the Imperial, the post-WW1 and the 1934 with swastika model and post-WW2 model, he said the

last ones aren't as beautifull produced and they are made of silver-threads, the one I have is a tri-colore one, it has the red-white-black threads of Imperial Germany.

As soon as I can make a scan I will post it.

Edited March 12, 2007 by Roeland

[Roeland]

I managed to scan it so here's a better picture of it

[Chris Clark]

this is a nice imperial one. they did have badges that went on them sometimes too. if i am correct yours is the higher grade and correct in make up etc. shooting lanyards awarded for shooting skills. on mine the ww2 army set i have 16 to collect for the series