Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Auction Second War period manufacture modified

Second War period manufacture modified for postwar wear through removal of the swastika formerly in place by the eagle's talons

with and includes Wehrmacht armoured units in the field

handle is topped by a square-shaped pommel

Walter Pitcher is confirmed on the roll of this British unit of 2nd Battalion

constructed of fine quality golden-yellow machine embroidery on a black rayon backer

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Auction Second War period manufacture modified(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