Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By A.h. Tham GTRexclude gilt-edged Maltese cross with ball-tipped

gilt-edged Maltese cross with ball-tipped finials and double-headed crowned Serbian eagles between the arms of the cross

measuring 51 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

Bergedorf”

Marchant (B9211))

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By A.h. Tham GTRexclude gilt-edged Maltese cross with ball-tipped(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of white enameled disc bearing an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939 (REGIONAL WINNER 1939), within a laurel wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cog wheel, in turn bearing a HJ insignia in the form of a red and white enameled diamond with a central black mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and