Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By A.g. Tham Auction He later served with Schwere

He later served with Schwere SS-Artillerie-Abteilung 500 and Schwere SS-Artillerie-Abteilung 503 (Waffen-SS heavy artillery units)

Assigned the mission of commanding a relief force for a badly depleted unit occupying a combat outpost more than one mile forward of the main line of resistance

measuring 64mm x 57mm

Edmonton Regiment Association

measuring 206 mm long

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By A.g. Tham Auction He later served with Schwere(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 overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel insert with an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle flanked by a date of 1939 and topped by an inscription of KREISSIEGER, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire