Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, Cloth Version Auction Archive inscribed “Dem Verdienste” (German -

inscribed “Dem Verdienste” (German - For Merit)

Ammunition

on loop for suspension - marked “137” for “J

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 130th Battalion "Lanark and Renfrew Battalion" on December 13

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, Cloth Version Auction Archive inscribed “Dem Verdienste” (German -(Leistungsabzeichen der HJ in Silber, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of cotton, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey threaded Tyr rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR PROFICIENCY IN THE HJ), inside of a diamond border, the reverse with the remnants of a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label, measuring 70 mm (w) x 94 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.