Beautiful badge. The badge is indeed Russian and from WWI. It is the badge "for excellent shooting from a machine gun (За отличную стрельбу из пулемета)".
There are 3 classes of this badge, of which class 1 is the highest. Your badge is a 2 class.
Thanks I wish I knew I just sold it as a reproduction for 25.00?
Here is some explanation about the badge;
Нагрудный знак <<За отличную стрельбу из пулемётов>> — Википедия
Now comes the second question, is the badge original?
I cannot really judge this.
If you bought an original badge for 25.00 then I think you were lucky.
On this webpage I see something of a pricing;
Знак за отличную стрельбу из пулемета
Let me start off with saying I have no experience with these badges. However what strikes me is the lack of details that we're used to on Soviet and Russian badges and awards. Even on such 100+ year old badges. Therefor I have a hard time believing this to be an original.
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