Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed An Iron Cross 1939 First

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1

a 1936 Franconia HJ camp badge

Footnote: Claude Ulric Hebden was born on May 15

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the obverse consisting of a shovel head trimmed with red enamels

Germany, Hj. 1939 A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed An Iron Cross 1939 First(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 bearing an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker