Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of the reverse inscribed “ACADEMIA ARTIUM

the reverse inscribed “ACADEMIA ARTIUM BOICA BENE MERITO” (Latin - Academic Strength in the Arts)

fitted to the front is a gilt metal badge featuring at its centre the Baden griffin grasping a shield

Four British First War Victory Medals - Private F

along with contact marks on both sides from active use

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of the reverse inscribed “ACADEMIA ARTIUM(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled disc set within a circular laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching an enameled HJ insignia set within a cogwheel, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked H.