sugarface Posted November 22, 2022 Share #1 Posted November 22, 2022 I’m not even sure this is a military item, but he is in uniform… does anyone recognize this? I did an image search, but it just came back with a bunch of bronze statues. Definitely feels more like a trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted November 22, 2022 Share #2 Posted November 22, 2022 I would say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted November 22, 2022 Share #3 Posted November 22, 2022 Yep, a trophy top. Here's a complete marksmanship trophy awarded to a shooting team from the 83rd Division in the lated 50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarface Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted November 23, 2022 Cool, thank you, kfields. I just didn’t think the Army gave out trophies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted November 23, 2022 Share #5 Posted November 23, 2022 That gave out bowling trophies too. I started a thread with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted November 23, 2022 Share #6 Posted November 23, 2022 Sugarface, I thought this was an interesting trophy when I saw it for sale and had to buy it. Of course it helped that it wasn't very expensive! Here's a closeup of the plate on front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarface Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted November 25, 2022 So cool! I guess I thought that ribbons and medals were the military version of trophies. I remember every time I won a trophy, what a great feeling - I suppose they would help keep morale up. Did some more digging, and found this on ebay… but why did my dad have a German trophy? He was stationed there for a while, but that doesn’t tell me much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted November 25, 2022 Share #8 Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, sugarface said: Did some more digging, and found this on ebay… but why did my dad have a German trophy? He was stationed there for a while, but that doesn’t tell me much. When your dad was garrisoned over here during the cold war, he for sure participated in one of the countless US Army - Bundeswehr partnership programm events then. The photos in your last post show exactly one of the typical shooting team awards. In this case of Bundeswehr NCO´s of 1st Co. Battalion 110 (several different Bn with this number did exist). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarface Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted December 1, 2022 On 11/25/2022 at 1:57 PM, Proud Kraut said: When your dad was garrisoned over here during the cold war, he for sure participated in one of the countless US Army - Bundeswehr partnership programm events then. The photos in your last post show exactly one of the typical shooting team awards. In this case of Bundeswehr NCO´s of 1st Co. Battalion 110 (several different Bn with this number did exist). Meine güte, das ist wunderbar! Danke schön! (Hope I said that right, it’s been 20 years since I took German) 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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