Germany, Hj. A Golden Leader’s Sports Badge, Ground Found Auction Archive measuring 34 mm (w) x

measuring 34 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

embroidered insignia on the ribbon)

The upper wool body and capband show moderate wear

there was social pressure to do so - Who wore the iron jewelry had proven to be a patriot

Germany, Hj. A Golden Leader’s Sports Badge, Ground Found Auction Archive measuring 34 mm (w) x(Goldene Fhrer Sportabzeichen). Instituted 15 May 1938 by Baldur von Schirach. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a Tyr rune, in turn bearing a mobile swastika and a ring with a raised inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER HJ (FOR PROFICIENCY IN THE HJ), the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with a