Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Province of China topped by a plaque featuring

topped by a plaque featuring a raised Saxon horse situated above a date of “1933”

closing with Dönitz’s handwritten signature in blue ink

personal documents from before

the name could be Dr

possibly Australian-made

Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Province of China topped by a plaque featuring(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). 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 defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, topped by an inscription of KREISSIEGER and flanked by a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire