Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Bronze Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive After being released he served

After being released he served as representative Commander of the Reserve Army and shorty before the end of the war was part of Army Group North under General Field Marshall Ernst Busch

illustrating the left-facing Italian eagle standing upon a fasces

with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened integral catch

measuring 43 mm x 41 mm

soiled on the exterior

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Bronze Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive After being released he served(Leistungsabzeichen der HJ in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed aluminum, the obverse consisting of a Tyr rune, overlaid by a mobile swastika, within a circular ring bearing a raised inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a vertical pinback, stamped with an issue number of 194537, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M1 63 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 29. 45 mm (w) x 51.