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This badge has beautiful undamaged enamel and even more hard to find, the rifles are not damaged or twisted.
RZM Stamped and Marked M1/25 for Rudolf Reiling, Pforzheim
In 1936 Reichsjugendführer Baldur von Schirach established a HJ Firearms School in Obermatzfeld Thuringia to stimulate expertise in firearm handling and to further the para-military training of the HJ. Shortly after the establishment of the HJ Firearms School von Schirach instituted a Marksman’s badge for HJ members who had proven their proficiency with firearms, followed in 1938 by the establishment of a Sharpshooters badge for HJ members and a new Marksman’s badge for DJ members with each badge having different award criteria. The HJ Marksman’s badge, the first and lowest class badge, was awarded to qualifying HJ members over the age of fourteen for proficiency in target shooting, with small caliber rifles. Qualification for bestowal of the badge consisted of the accurate results of five shots fired from a unsupported prone position, five shots from a supported prone position and five shots from a unsupported kneeling position.
