Germany, Hj. A 1939 District Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Ferdinand Wagner Hold Private William Reader

Private William Reader

35 mm x 51

until April 6th

number 152615 and credited with having served in Canada

chipping evident in the green enamels on the right arm

Germany, Hj. A 1939 District Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Ferdinand Wagner Hold Private William Reader(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, around a white enameled disc overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn bearing a HJ insignia, topped by an inscription of KREISSIEGER, flanked by a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened wire catch, maker marked