Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of ” (ASSOCIATION OF FORMER D

” (ASSOCIATION OF FORMER D

the reverse inscribed “ACADEMIA ARTIUM BOICA BENE MERITO” (Latin - Academic Strength in the Arts)

fitted to the front is a gilt metal badge featuring at its centre the Baden griffin grasping a shield

dark green and white enamels

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of ” (ASSOCIATION OF FORMER D(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.