Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Hold By coupling exceptional diplomatic skill

By coupling exceptional diplomatic skill and resourcefulness with a dynamic personality

(Screws appear to have been tightened at some point) The chape displays modest dents and contact marks on the obverse

reverse centre presenting the Saxon coat of arms (alternating horizontal black and gold stripes with a diagonal rue crown)

the announcement appearing in the Seventh Supplement to the London Gazette 30310 of Tuesday

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Hold By coupling exceptional diplomatic skill(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of patinated bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consists of a circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a white enameled disc, bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a cogwheel defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939 (DISTRICT CHAMPION 1939). It was marked, but the marking has been erased. The award, however,