Germany, Hj. A 1938 Kreis-Level Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity he found himself returning to

he found himself returning to the Canadian Special Hospital at Etchinghill

(Kriegsmarine Medaillen und Verleihungsurkunden)

during Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands

the reverse bearing a similar Gold center applique with a Gold royal monogram of Günther Friedrich Carl in a bed of blue enamels

but the sword and scabbard on either side remain

Germany, Hj. A 1938 Kreis-Level Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity he found himself returning to(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, around a central white enameled disc bearing an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1938 (DISTRICT VICTOR 1938), overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel overlaid by an enameled HJ insignia, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,