Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed Gold) and enamels

Gold) and enamels

his father listed as his next-of-kin

Measuring 190 mm (w) x 305 mm (h)

bronze gilt centrepiece

constructed of four rows of white U-Shaped Russian braids wrapped within fine strands of aluminum wire that are separated in pairs by a strip of “Flaschengrün” bottle-green embroidery

Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed Gold) and enamels(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