Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, Cloth Version Hold was unable to move -

was unable to move - Had pains in stomach and back

A 22nd Foot Order of Merit for 14 years Service - hinged silver suspension bar on 51mm wide blue ribbon

that he was not married (later changed to "yes") and that his trade was that of Lithographer

made in Birmingham in 1883

Footnote: Friends of the New Germany was an American National Socialist political group formed in Chicago in July 1933

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, Cloth Version Hold was unable to move -(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.