Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude He later joined the regular

He later joined the regular army and rose swiftly through the ranks

retaining its original beige wax paper insert

in die-stamped gilded bronze

An iron cross paty with magnetic core and silver frame

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude He later joined the regular(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled disc set within a circular laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching an enameled HJ insignia set within a cogwheel, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked H.