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gewehrfreund Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 457 Location: Cortland Joined: Jan 24^th, 2005	Re: German Shooting Medal Information Feb 20^th, 2009 at 8:43am	Print Post
	If my geography is correct, Kitzbuehel is an Alpine mountain town in Austria (and a popular destination for skiers these days). Meisterklasse means "Expert class", obviously with regard to a shooting competition. I am not sure what the writing on the back could refer to. Is it printed or handwritten? It could be anything from Gestern Geschossen (shot yesterday) to Gestapo Geschult (gestapo trained). Both of these are just wild guesses, and very unlikely.


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bnice Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1944 Location: Iowa Joined: Nov 30^th, 2006	Re: German Shooting Medal Information Reply #1 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 9:26am	Print Post
	There are a few books on Greman and swiss Awards and medals out there. I don't have them but I have seen them for sale. You may check online and then with you library, they may be able to get it.


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gewehrfreund Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 457 Location: Cortland Joined: Jan 24^th, 2005	Re: German Shooting Medal Information Reply #2 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 11:02am	Print Post
	Upon reflection, I'm guessing that this is an abbreviation for the name of the company that produced the medal.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17896 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: German Shooting Medal Information Reply #3 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 7:50pm	Print Post
	That is indeed the name of the company that produced the medal, and they produced them for many, many years! I've seen them dated from well before WWII to up into the 1970's. I've got three dated 1941. 1962, and 1973.-Vall

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Joe_S Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1087 Joined: Jun 29^th, 2004	Re: German Shooting Medal Information Reply #4 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 9:51pm	Print Post
	The words "Ges. Gesch." is the german equivalent of "Patent applied for" or patent pending. . It is definately NOT a makers mark. The marking is an abbreviation of "Gesetzlich Geschutz". German military items such as swords, pins, etc. will often have this marking. Another German patent marking is D.R.P. Which stands for Deutsche Reich Patent. Joe S


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