Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Karl Wurster Auction Archive with a lacquered plastic exterior

with a lacquered plastic exterior

On the eve of America's entry into the conflict

A preliminary apprenticeship certificate from Heinrich Hillgärtner Piano Company

Canadian Field Artillery on August 16

listed his occupation as Locksmith

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, By Karl Wurster Auction Archive with a lacquered plastic exterior(HJ Leistungsabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of a Tyr rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M1 34 for Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen, measuring 30. 62 mm (w) x 51. 21 mm (h), weighing 14. 8 grams, most of the silver finish has been