Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by A.G. Tham visually-hidden two Identification Tags: in silvered

two Identification Tags: in silvered metal

went out between the lines and secured and recovered entrenching tools that had been abandoned in rifle pits between the skirmish lines in front of the V Corps

Issued 1847-1918

to honour the federal military association of volunteers

73mm (h – inclusive of cross adorned laterally pierced integral ball)

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by A.G. Tham visually-hidden two Identification Tags: in silvered(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). 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 defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER (DISTRICT VICTOR) and a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback