Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude He died on February 17

He died on February 17

similarly ringed by silver gilt

knotted around the hooks on both sides and at the rear

with the artist's signature "boccasile" (Gino Boccasile: July 14

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Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Hermann Aurich GTRexclude He died on February 17(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 overlaid by 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 round wire catch,