Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner GTRexclude including his Citations

including his Citations

(1849-1918 issue)

during the first stages of the Yugoslav wars

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

affixed to a card stock backer

Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner GTRexclude including his Citations(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