Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade GTRexclude The leather chin strap shows

The leather chin strap shows extensive wear from active use and remains intact

two are Austrian

measuring 140 mm (w) x 227 mm (h) x 42 (d)

a rare award in overall extremely fine condition

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade GTRexclude The leather chin strap shows(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of patinated bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consists of a circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a white enameled disc, bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a cogwheel defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939 (DISTRICT CHAMPION 1939). It was marked, but the marking has been erased. The award, however,