Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Archive It was six months before

It was six months before he was deemed "Fit for Ground Duties" on November 5

Silver Grade for Twenty Years' Exemplary Service and Bronze Grade for Ten Years' Exemplary Service

Three and a half weeks later

maker marked "R" (Alfred Rösner

A pair of stickpins

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Archive It was six months before(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