Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By A.g. Tham Auction The Iron Cross 1914 First

The Iron Cross 1914 First Class

Constructed of silver with multi-coloured enamels

Entry into the SA (April 1

the centre with a denazified Iron Cross exhibiting an oak leaf cluster in place of the swastika (“Hakenkreuz”) with a stamped circular wreath impressed with oak leaves

87 mm (w) x 55

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By A.g. Tham Auction The Iron Cross 1914 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 insert with an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle flanked by a date of 1939 and topped by an inscription of KREISSIEGER, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire