Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade GTRexclude 1952 and discontinued in 1991

1952 and discontinued in 1991

He was incapacitated by sickness during the Battle of Santa Cruz

or in earlier models

a rare award in overall extremely fine condition

mounted to a silvered bronze eight-pointed star base via two rivets

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade GTRexclude 1952 and discontinued in 1991(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,