Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by A.G. Tham visually-hidden until the war broke out

until the war broke out

went out between the lines and secured and recovered entrenching tools that had been abandoned in rifle pits between the skirmish lines in front of the V Corps

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 59th Infantry Battalion on June 17

two Identification Tags: in silvered metal

unmarked ring

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by A.G. Tham visually-hidden until the war broke out(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