Marksmanship award?

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  1. gringogeorge

    gringogeorge New Member

    P1100840edit.jpg P1100843editrev.jpg Picked this up in a shop in Zurich. What might it be?
     
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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

  3. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    It is a Swiss pistol shooting group award, probably latter part of the 20th C.
     
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  4. gringogeorge

    gringogeorge New Member

    Thought the crossed P08 and wheel lock looked cool.
     
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  5. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    I just like the idea of picking up something in a shop in Zurich.
     
  6. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Was there in '89 but.....
    Met her in Paris... ;)
     
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I was there in 89.....I got a knife.....& went to a movie.....where all the men in the theater ....had long overcoats on...!! :jawdrop:
     
  8. Wanttoknow

    Wanttoknow Well-Known Member

    :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: Were these "overcoats alive"?:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
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  9. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Oh my...
    Went there because I was in Paris on biz, saw the whole Tower celebration, met her, TGV to Geneva, rental car to Lusanne, Interlaken to Innsbruck, Lichtenstein & Munich etc. and to Zurich to stay there with her Uncle overnight and back to Geneva to Paris. :)
     
  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Do you really .......wanttoknow ??
    well then......yes......they seemed to be.......I mean....there wasn't one guy eating popcorn....& I didn't see a drink in anyone's hand.....I didn't even SEE a hand !!!
    :woot::woot::woot::woot:....:rolleyes:
     
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  11. Wanttoknow

    Wanttoknow Well-Known Member

    :shy::shy::shy::shy::shy::shy::shy:.....Nobody was eating.... Nobody was drinking..... No visible hands..... but "overcoats" were moving..... :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
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  12. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Oh boy.....
    I'm SO tempted to have 'my way' with this. ;)
     
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  13. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    OOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!:muted::muted::muted::muted::muted::muted:
     
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  14. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    It's ok really......
    The were all spies on a feeled trip................... ;)
     
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  15. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    OOOOOOH......DOUBLE OOOOOOOH!!!!:smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin:
     
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  16. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    & yes it was an adult movie theater ...just off the main drag.....I only found it because I had a couple of hours to kill before the last train back to the airport hotel , & I like to walk the streets of a town I'm unfamiliar with.....
     
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  17. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Much to discover this way! Those who don't do so miss many things worth seeing. :)
     
  18. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I wore out my favorite pair of Regain boots walking the back streets of Europe.
     
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  19. lauragarnet

    lauragarnet Well-Known Member

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  20. Ladybranch

    Ladybranch Well-Known Member

    Here is a google translation of the page:
    http://translate.google.com/translate?u=https://www.ricardo.ch/kaufen/sports/sonstige-sportarten/schuetzensport/bekleidung-und-accessoires/kranzauszeichnung-schuetzenfest-schwyz/v/an780985348/&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8

    Not unusual that this is a Swiss shooting award. Switzerland has probably one of the most "entrenched gun culture" in the world. This culture "is embraced by most of its 8 million citizens, some of them as young as 10 years old.... Every Swiss community has a shooting range, and depending on who is counting, the alpine country ranks third or fourth in the number of guns per capita. 'You can walk into a cafe in a town where there is a shooting festival and you'll see rifles hanging on the hat rack. It's just incredible.' "

    --- Susan
     
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