Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Bronze Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed These include a wound from

These include a wound from a grenade to his head which led to a silver plate being inserted in the crown of his skull in September 1939

depicting an Iron Cross in the middle of the badge

with a threaded round nut soldered to the centre of the cross

Instituted May 7

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Bronze Grade, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed These include a wound from(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.