Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Hold the announcement appearing in the

the announcement appearing in the Seventh Supplement to the London Gazette 30310 of Tuesday

By coupling exceptional diplomatic skill and resourcefulness with a dynamic personality

Type II (1977-date)

(Screws appear to have been tightened at some point) The chape displays modest dents and contact marks on the obverse

the reverse bearing the dates 1914-1918 with inscription PRO DEO ET PATRIA

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Hold the announcement appearing in the(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of patinated bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consists of a circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a white enameled disc, bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a cogwheel defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939 (DISTRICT CHAMPION 1939). It was marked, but the marking has been erased. The award, however,