Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Archive representing the rising sun "Hinomaru"

representing the rising sun "Hinomaru"

measuring 112 mm (w) x 165 mm (h)

He was later transferred to the 31st Infantry Battalion "Alberta Regiment" in France

bordered in red threads

JACK TRAVERS" on the top arm

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Archive representing the rising sun "Hinomaru"(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, in turn overlaid by an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch,