Unidentified Medal

[philly]

Hello everyone, I was wondering if I could pick your brains once again. I have this medal, it is marked 800 and it might be a shooting medal. I was wondering if it is Italian or German, because it looks like it says Nazi on the front. I hope these pics are good.Thanks again for all your help!

[philly]

Sorry, at closer look it might say Nazionale

[big ned]

Looks like a shooting award medal made in 800(?) silver.

Regards, Ned.

[HPL2008]

Sorry, at closer look it might say Nazionale

Sure does. Italian, I would say.

Allow me to remark that no German badge or medal would ever say "Nazi", as it was a wholly colloquial term.

Initially, everybody - including the Nazis themselves - used it in informal contexts, but over time it acquired a disrespectful connotation and, while it continued to be widely used by the Nazis' opponents, they themselves generally frowned upon and avoided its use in the end.

[big ned]

Initially, everybody - including the Nazis themselves - used it in informal contexts, but over time it acquired a disrespectful connotation and, while it continued to be widely used by the Nazis' opponents, they themselves generally frowned upon and avoided its use in the end.

At least they could still laugh about it, the jolly good sports that they were....

[ziomanno]

It is a silver medal, Italian, of the National Shooting Association (in Italian Tiro a Segno Nazionale, still in existence). 800 is the grade of the silver (800/1000), as Ned stated. Someone won a match, impossible to say exactly when (no date), but judging by the Royal crown over the crossed rifles, for sure during the Savoia's kingdom (probably 20's or 30's).

[philly]

As usual you are a big help. You really know your stuff. Thanks.