Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Archive maker marked "R" (Alfred Rösner

maker marked "R" (Alfred Rösner

eagle above and ribbon banner inscribed "CHINESE GUN CLUB" below

Three and a half weeks later

A pair of stickpins

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Archive maker marked "R" (Alfred Rösner(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, around a white enameled disc bearing a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn overlaid by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939 (DISTRICT VICTOR 1939), the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker