Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Cased (silver

Cased (silver

the chain measuring approximately 1

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the pin maker marked with C

Accompanied by its period-original black leather belt

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Auction Cased (silver(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,