Germany, Hj. A 1939 District Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Ferdinand Wagner Hold a Wehrmacht 40-Year Long Service

a Wehrmacht 40-Year Long Service Award with Oak Leaves

an oval silver medal with green enameled laurels

inspecting Croatian soldiers of 369th Division (Croatian shields worn on sleeves are clearly visible)

the interior is fleece-lined

measuring 40 mm x 36 mm

Germany, Hj. A 1939 District Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Ferdinand Wagner Hold a Wehrmacht 40-Year Long Service(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, around a white enameled disc overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn bearing a HJ insignia, topped by an inscription of KREISSIEGER, flanked by a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened wire catch, maker marked