/internal/media/dispatcher/1337324/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMarksmanship medaldated 1537Diameter and weight: 127 mm (5 in.)Silver, partially gildedFrederick Brown Fund48.12470Circular markmanship medal as a pendant with a leaf-ornamented frame (obverse: has mask at top) that has attached three loops for fastening (one at top and one at each side).
Obverse: Relief design of man in doublet and hose at proper right, sighting through gun pointing over head of cherub that rises above armorial shield of Dresden at proper left held up by a putto; foliate background. The vertical stripes and lion on the heraldic shield are parcel gilt.
Reverse: Engraved gnomes and flowers above, cherub and flowers below; inscribed at center "MIT:WISEN:VND:WILEN:EINS/ERBARN:RAT:VND:DER:GEM/ENEN:BRVDERSCHAFT:DER:BVCHSEN:SCHVUC3EN:3V:DR/ESD [ellision above]:HAT:WOLF:SPRVNG:VN [ellision above]:/MELCHER:D["R" inside "O"]ST:DAS:KLEN/OT:MACHEN:LASN [ellision above]:1537".Numismatics5877001