Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, By Fritz Zimmermann Auction opening with a functional bronze

opening with a functional bronze snap button

Army Language School (bronze gilt with red

worn with expected contact to enamels

Lüdenscheid insignia on the reverse and marked in black ink "110" on the clip

The bayonet features a 250 mm-long nickel-plated magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and unsharpened edges

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, By Fritz Zimmermann Auction opening with a functional bronze(HJ Leistungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of a Sig run overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR PROFICIENCY IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code M1 72 for maker Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart, measuring 30. 09 mm (w) x 51. 58 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.