Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Auction It stands just outside the

It stands just outside the main entrance to Valletta

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

clasp bent slightly inwards

Accompanied by its period-original black leather belt

one notably depicts AH on a train greeting supporters

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade Auction It stands just outside the(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,