Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Black Grade, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity This citation states that it

This citation states that it was awarded to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Ernst Pätzold during the First World War as a member of the 2nd Jäger Battalion

and immediately after

He left for his new unit on June 10th

missing some enamels on obverse

about half in black and white

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Black Grade, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity This citation states that it(HJ Leistungsabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened aluminum, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of a Sig rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with an issue number of 54172, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code M1 101 for maker Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 30. 03 mm (w) x 51. 36 mm (h), in near extremely fine