Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude a Vienna assay mark

a Vienna assay mark

with an extremely fine blade and fine exterior

reverse prongs slightly bent

the eagle's head facing to its right

illustrating a Maltese cross framed within an open-ended wreath composed of two branches of laurel leaves and surmounted by the Franco crown

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude a Vienna assay mark(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a central white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn bearing an enameled HJ insignia, flanked by a date of 1939 and topped by an inscription of KREISSIEGER, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a