Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Black Grade, By Berg & Nolte Ag. Of Lüdenscheid GTRexclude Saarbruken

Saarbruken

extremely fine condition with the majority of the original gilding intact

Ings with a strength of 37 officers and 1

this example is done in a scarce weave that is seldom encountered and very different from that normally seen being one of the later patterns

date marked "q" (1915) and maker marked "W

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Black Grade, By Berg & Nolte Ag. Of Lüdenscheid GTRexclude Saarbruken(Leistungsabzeichen der HJ in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened aluminum; the obverse consisting of an upward pointing arrow with a broad ring at the base, inscribed Fr Leistungen der HJ (German For Proficiency in the HJ), with a mobile swastika centrally oriented between the ring; vertical pinback; maker marked RZM M1 36 and numbered 71420 on the reverse; measuring 29. 79 mm (w) x 51. 44 mm (h); weighing 9. 1 grams; in overall better than very fine