Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed Kemmelweisu

Kemmelweisu

all twelve disks alternating with twelve 29 mm x 49 mm silver gilt crowned cyphers of Peter Friedrich Ludwig

relatively poor enamelling on the green flames and right dragons’ facial details

The grip is constructed of beautifully preserved ivory-coloured celluloid accented by seven rows of tightly-wrapped woven brass wire in the creases of the grip

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed Kemmelweisu(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). 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 defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER (DISTRICT VICTOR) and a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback