Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Auction including a Baden Golden Merit

including a Baden Golden Merit Medal

with a four armed cross with dark green

the German Cross in Gold on May 25

completing in a loop at each end

The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 12th Infantry Brigade

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Auction including a Baden Golden Merit(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,