Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victory’s Badge, Bronze Grade with Award Document, by A.G. Tham Hold good very fine and better:

good very fine and better: Ex Sampson Collection of Medals to the Black Watch

measuring 178 mm (w) x 252 mm (h)

It is flanked on each side by ventilation holes

(Chu Kuo Chang)

all on black cloth

Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victory’s Badge, Bronze Grade with Award Document, by A.G. Tham Hold good very fine and better:(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939, mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of tombak, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a central white enameled disc overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel bearing an enameled HJ insignia, flanked by a date of 1939 and topped by an inscription of KRIEGSSIEGER, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker