Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner United Republic of Black machine embroidered lettering on

Black machine embroidered lettering on dark yellow cotton

most of the stitching at the base of the top circular plate where it meets the body of the shako has come away and the leather liner has stiffened but has not become brittle

the dagger measures approximately 342 mm in length

four light cruisers

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner United Republic of Black machine embroidered lettering on(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, around a white enameled disc bearing a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn overlaid by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939 (DISTRICT VICTOR 1939), the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker