Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed a Bavarian Fire Brigade 25-Year

a Bavarian Fire Brigade 25-Year Long Service Decoration

while senior officers could receive the Army Gold Medal for service in the Napoleonic Wars

securing an upright rifle under his right arm

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

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

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Ferdinand Wagner Newly Listed a Bavarian Fire Brigade 25-Year(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