medalman90 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hello all. I came across something today that I really like but know nothing about it. According to the gentelman I spoke to today, thr badge is from the first world war and it is silver. I know Sweden was neutral in during both wars. Any insight on this will truly be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRA Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Hello medalman90! This is a normal award for shooting with support weapons. It also exists with crossed rifles for shooting with rifles, assault rifles, sub-machine guns and pistols. This "medal" also exist in gold after re-qualifying for five consecutive years, a gold with blue enamel "medal" also exist (at least for the small arms version), if not reaching "medal" level, a silver badge could also be awarded. As I recall, when I did my national service 25 years ago, it may have been awarded also for ATGW shooting, not only for MG shooting. I think a small sum of money was also included in the award, the badge was awarded with and without money, thus the it has the name of "price-shooting medal" - an award with a sum of money to be won with it. As to the age, well, the crossed rifles version is shown in the "Undervisning för ryttaren", 1916 edition. /Jonas Edited June 27, 2014 by GRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medalman90 Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Jonas, thank you so much for enlightening me about this piece. you wouldn't happen to know where i can find this book, or at least some scans would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRA Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Here are some scans from "Undervisning för ryttaren" ("Instruction for the trooper") - basically a "soldier's bible" containing all information he needed, from patriotic stories(!) and army organisation to anatomy of the horse. My book once belonged to a corporal from my regiment who served in the early 1920's. The normal shooting awards (the ones with crossed rifles) dates from 1907 and the MG awards dates from 1918. - Gold medal with enamel (silver medal 10 consecutive years) - Gold medal (silver medal 5 consecutive years) - Silver medal (plus a small sum of money) - Silver badge (plus a small sum of money) - Silver badge The link contains pictures of the awards - "Arméns skyttemedalj..." and "Arméns kulspruteskyttemedalj..." are the relevant ones. http://medalj.nu/ribbon_list.asp /Jonas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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