Germany, Hj. A Pair Of Proficiency Badges, Silver Grade Auction (Kaiserlicher Leopold-Orden)

(Kaiserlicher Leopold-Orden)

air raids/bombings

Footnote: This particular buckle is illustrated on page 303 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Loss of power in hand grip

Best known for having been one of the participants of the ill-planned Dieppe Raid

Germany, Hj. A Pair Of Proficiency Badges, Silver Grade Auction (Kaiserlicher Leopold-Orden)(HJ Leistungsabzeichen). A pair of HJ Proficiency Badges, including a large badge, constructed of silvered zink, vertical pinback, consisting of a Sig rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER HJ (FOR MERIT IN THE HJ), the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code M1 34 for maker Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen, with a handwritten issue number of 634718, measuring 30. 67 mm (w) x 51. 26 mm