Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Auction clasp bent slightly inwards

clasp bent slightly inwards

maker marked “27” for Anton Schenkls Nachfolger of Wien on the suspension ring

435134 / 10th BATTALION (CALGARY) / CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" below each respectively

Cased (silver

Nazaire in occupied France

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Auction clasp bent slightly inwards(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,