(Siegerabzeichen im Reichsberufswettkampf)

Date Instituted

1934

Requirements

Awarded to the winners of the National Trade Competitions which consisted of three parts: practical tests in the trade concerned, Nazi ideology and arithmetics.

Number awarded

150.000 (until 1939)

Estimated price (2009)

Reichssieger - € 1.200
Gausieger - € 400
Kreissieger - € 220

Comments

Awarded in three classes, for winners in the Kreis, Gau and Nation respectively:
Kreissieger


Gausieger


Reichssieger

Stamps honoring the National Trade Competition (4 April 1939)
Design: E. Meerwald

(Courtesy of PJ Caliguire)

Photo courtesy of Rusfront & Black Cross Military Collectibles

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - World War 2 German medals and political awards
John R. Angolia - For Führer and Fatherland: Political & Civil awards of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn - Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich
Detlev Niemann - Price Guide Germany 1871-1945 (2009)