Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude similarly ringed by silver gilt

similarly ringed by silver gilt

An SS Long Service Award for Four Years - In blackened bronze

with the artist's signature "boccasile" (Gino Boccasile: July 14

77 mm x 94

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Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude similarly ringed by silver gilt(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn overlaid by an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,