Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, By Fritz Zimmermann Auction Archive The sleeves are lined in

The sleeves are lined in white cotton with vertical stripes

measuring 116 mm (w) x 34 mm (h)

the photo is dedicated to Dieter Doden (

measuring 82 mm (w) x 134 mm (h)

This Division was stationed in Bad Kissingen until June 1941 when it transferred to Poland to participate in Operation Barbarossa under Army Group South

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, By Fritz Zimmermann Auction Archive The sleeves are lined in(HJ Leistungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of a Sig run overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR PROFICIENCY IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code M1 72 for maker Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart, measuring 30. 09 mm (w) x 51. 58 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.