The Jäger also prided themselves on their superior marksmanship, and this tradition continued right up to the end of the First World War. Each year there was a competition to award the Kaiserabzeichen [de] (Emperor's Award, plus separate Königsabzeichen or King's Awards for Saxony, Württemberg and Bavaria) to the company in the Infantry, Jägers and Artillery that had achieved the highest standard of marksmanship – and the Jäger contested for it fiercely and probably with great rivalry between those who carried on the traditions of the Jäger, and those of the Schützen. The last Jäger Kaiserabzichen presented, in 1913, went to the 3rd Company of Jäger Battalion 3.
