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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2088349, member: 39&quot;]Search for the eBay item 351294036451 or 351310714678 ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannot really tell you much about the piece - the upper photo apparently shows the <a href="https://sparismus.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/oscar-kramer-wien-1868-3-deutsches-bundesschiessen-2-bka-bundeskanzleramt.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sparismus.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/oscar-kramer-wien-1868-3-deutsches-bundesschiessen-2-bka-bundeskanzleramt.jpg" rel="nofollow">building</a> in Vienna where that shooting festival took place. Such halls were usually temporary.</p><p><br /></p><p>The slogan (rhyme) at the top - <i>Üb&#039; Aug und Hand fürs Vaterland</i> - means something like &quot;train your eye and hand for the fatherland&quot;. That used to be a popular motto especially in the late 19th/early 20th century. <i>Festhalle</i> is obvious - festival hall. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom left sigs are hard to read. PITTNER, as suggested by that eBay seller, would make sense; that company designed/produced medals. The next one I don&#039;t know, and on the right BRITTANIA (sic).</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the other side, well, guns and shooting is not exactly my thing, so I briefly looked it up. The text - <i>III. deutsches Bundesschießen Wien 1868</i> - means &quot;Third German Federal Shooting Vienna 1868&quot;. Here (<a href="http://www.ma-shops.com/shops/search.php5?searchstr=bundesschießen+1868&amp;branche=-1&amp;submitBtn=Finden&amp;lang=en&amp;PHPSESSID=&amp;days_new=&amp;curr=USDEUR&amp;save=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ma-shops.com/shops/search.php5?searchstr=bundesschießen+1868&amp;branche=-1&amp;submitBtn=Finden&amp;lang=en&amp;PHPSESSID=&amp;days_new=&amp;curr=USDEUR&amp;save=1" rel="nofollow">MA Shops</a>) are some other medals that commemorate the same festival. As for whether yours is silver, hard to tell from the image, but I don&#039;t think so. Just a gut feeling. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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