Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude knotted around the hooks on

knotted around the hooks on both sides and at the rear

77 mm x 94

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

the exterior with a red leather covering on five sides

an integrated hinge and integrated catch

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude knotted around the hooks on(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,