Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Black Grade, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity In stamped pebbled aluminum

In stamped pebbled aluminum

This citation states that it was awarded to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Ernst Pätzold during the First World War as a member of the 2nd Jäger Battalion

and an Infantry Branch Insignia (in bronze gilt

about half in black and white

with roses at either end facing each other

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Black Grade, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity In stamped pebbled aluminum(HJ Leistungsabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened aluminum, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of a Sig rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with an issue number of 54172, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code M1 101 for maker Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 30. 03 mm (w) x 51. 36 mm (h), in near extremely fine