Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of hallmarked with a bird

hallmarked with a bird

on a broad loop for suspension from its period original ribbon (sewn shut) with its ribbon bar

Naming is impressed in small capitals

Footnote: The Order of the Pillars of the State was founded in 1936 by Emperor Kang Teh (Hsuan-tung) as Emperor of Manchuria

inscribed "ANTARCTIC 1929-30"

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of hallmarked with a bird(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.