Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner GTRexclude enamel crazing and chipping evident

enamel crazing and chipping evident in the white enamelled arms on both sides

during the first stages of the Yugoslav wars

affixed to a card stock backer

measuring 202 mm (w) x 292 mm (h)

Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner GTRexclude enamel crazing and chipping evident(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