Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Auction with its period original replacement

with its period original replacement ribbon

with a 595 mm long concealed zipper compartment stitched in place on the reverse

itself adjusted with dual functional blackened magnetic metal buckles

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Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Auction with its period original replacement(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, in turn bearing an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker