Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude printed in black and green

printed in black and green inks on off-white paper

with nice embossed seal on the bottom left corner

the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross around his neck

in die-stamped gilded bronze

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude printed in black and green(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled disc set within a circular laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching an enameled HJ insignia set within a cogwheel, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked H.