a 1936 German Miners’ Association badge
suspended from a hanger inscribed "Territorial")
set on a light brown rayon backer and measuring 68 mm (w) x 32 mm (h)
with a bronze plate sewn onto the armband (three of four knots intact)
original ribbon mounted to a hanger with a rectangular frame
Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade Cloth Version certificate_of_authenticity a 1936 German Miners’ Association(Leistungsabzeichen der HJ in Silber, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a central machine embroidered silver grey Tyr rune, overlaid by a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (MERIT IN THE H. J.), set within a diamond border of identical construction, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 95 mm (h), in uniform removed and extremely fine condition.