Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Hold The beret measures 270 mm

The beret measures 270 mm x 290 mm

with a red wool centrepiece

The medal is worn on a light green bar with black stripes along the edge

measuring 53 mm x 38 mm

a large bow-tie with a brass loop sewn in place near the bottom end for the placement of the badge

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Hold The beret measures 270 mm(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, bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a cogwheel defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939 (DISTRICT CHAMPION 1939), the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,