Sniper's Badge
Sniper's Badge is a badge of distinction or military decoration.
Also recorded as Scharfschützenabzeichen.
Overview
Decoration of Nazi Germany for snipers during World War II in three classes (1944–1945).
In detail
Recorded constituent parts are Sniper’s Badge 3rd Step, Sniper’s Badge 2nd Step and Sniper’s Badge 1st Step.
It is associated with Nazi Germany and German Reich. The record gives 1944 as its date of establishment or first appearance.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Sniper's Badge”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q468462: Sniper's Badge
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