Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Auction the chain measuring approximately 1

the chain measuring approximately 1

maker marked “27” for Anton Schenkls Nachfolger of Wien on the suspension ring

and deliberate etching out of the swastika to accommodate post-war wear or display

It stands just outside the main entrance to Valletta

one notably depicts AH on a train greeting supporters

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Auction the chain measuring approximately 1(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,