Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Archive our square was never charged

our square was never charged on the 18th

played a decisive role in the liberation campaign that followed nearly five years of occupation beginning in May 1940

red embroidered lettering "AFZ"

11mm in diameter insignia in bronze gilt with navy blue enamels affixed to its original ribbon with pin)

A First War 85th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" Badge - Pickled copper

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Hermann Aurich Archive our square was never charged(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of patinated bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a white enameled disc, bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a cogwheel defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939 (DISTRICT CHAMPION 1939), maker marked H. AURICH, DRESDEN A. 16 for the firm of Hermann Aurich,