Code: 58034
A forum discussed WW1 German Machine Gun Sharpshooters badge (Maschinengewehr-Scharfschützenabzeichen) identified by design as being by the maker Carl Leburg.
Featuring a profile view of an MG 08 machine gun mounted on its Schlittenlafette (sled mount), encircled by a stylized belt of ammunition, the badge, including the cloth backing, measures approximately 83 x 53mm.
Constructed in a gilded zinc on a field grey wool backing, the badge itself is in very good condition but missing one pin fixing, the cloth backing with minor moth nibbling at one edge. The is no backing plate.
This proficiency award for Machine Gun units was first authorised in January 1916.
