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Attractive German Wooden Schuetzen Target with Humorous Hunting Scene

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Attractive German Wooden Schuetzen Target with Humorous Hunting Scene
This is a very fine vintage smallbore short range or perhaps even zimmerstutzen schuetzen target measuring 23'', the printed target proper measuring about 15'' and mounted on the larger wooden base. The print features an amusing forest hunting scene with a pair of running roe deer, three game birds and, most prominently, two hunters arguing over a fox. The one particularly boisterous gentleman is bespectacled with his pupils visible in his glasses resulting in a particularly comical effect. Meanwhile the extreme left edge of the target shows just the tip of another fox's tail, suggesting that in the time they are wasting arguing about the one fox, another is in the area scampering off! There is a fired group centered around the running deer which are very small bore, about 4mm, probably indicating zimmerstutzen use, with 15 shots in a 3'' group. The print retains crisp imagery with fine colors and the wooden base has a heavy white enamel painted ring around the print and green outer ring. The edge is neatly painted with the information ''Gegeben v. Josef Weirather / 29.12. Gewonnen v. Max Rothermel 36'' (Given by Josef Weirather / Won by Max Rothermel December 29, 1936). The target remains in very fine condition showing some scattered minor scuffs and light dings. The back surface shows some additional German writing in pencil which is rather faded but appears to be a repeat of the painted information along the front. An endearing target for the dedicated German arms collector. (13A11108-132) [Tom Devers Collection] (600/800)