Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed while senior officers could receive

while senior officers could receive the Army Gold Medal for service in the Napoleonic Wars

all twelve disks alternating with twelve 29 mm x 49 mm silver gilt crowned cyphers of Peter Friedrich Ludwig

It also has a three-colour advertisement for Melta Coffee Mixture angularly inserted between page 448 and the first page of ads

a Bavarian Fire Brigade 25-Year Long Service Decoration

had developed military experience as a member of the 98th Rainy River Artillery as well as a perminant member of the 11th United States Cavalry

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed while senior officers could receive(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER (DISTRICT VICTOR) and a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback