grimble-nibitz Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 It kills me that I have seen this in books and have no recollection what it is...its almost 5 inches tall, high grade manufacture, blue wool with metal backing plate like a WWII arm shield award...much in this estate lot was Bavarian and Wurttemberg...am I close? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 This is the sleeve badge for the "Kaiserschießpreis für die Artillerie 1912" English: Kaiser's Shooting Prize for Artillery Awarded for excellence with their weapons. It's a unit award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimble-nibitz Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I assume this to be a sleeve shield, where exactly was it worn? Seems like more than a marksman award, was it given during maneuvers like those big pre-war ones? THANK YOU, its been driving me bats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) I do not know if it was awarded during the annual maneuvers (although that makes sense). I'll have to do some more digging. I have an Prussian artillery handbook lying about somewhere; perhaps it mentions criteria. In the meantime, have a look at this thread; it has some photos of the badge being worn. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/55462-question-on-kaiserabzeichen-koenigsabzeichen/?hl=kaiserabzeichen Edited April 10, 2013 by IrishGunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIR Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) This is the sleeve badge for the "Kaiserschießpreis für die Artillerie 1912" English: Kaiser's Shooting Prize for Artillery Awarded for excellence with their weapons. It's a unit award. Hi, it's the "Kaiserabzeichen" (or "Kaiserpreis"), it's a unit award for a company or a battery. With the Kings-crown there are artillery-units from Bayern, Württemberg or Sachsen possible: Kaiserpreis (Schiesswettbewerb von 1895 bis 1913) – GenWiki The "Kaiserschießpreis" is a special kind of lanyard (Kaiserschnur or Chefschnur - here Nr. 10 or 11). Best regards, Jens Edited April 10, 2013 by KIR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) Here I have two examples. Don´t worry about the 2nd photo. It shows the Feldart.Rgt.43. They didn´t get the prize, so the soldier with that badge might be from another unit Edited April 13, 2013 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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