Germany. An Hj Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, With Its Original Paper Packet Of Issue Archive with the issue from March

with the issue from March 22 missing

He returned to England in February 1917

California with the 2nd Recruit Battalion

The medals was designed by the Office of the Quartermaster General and distribution commenced in late 1925 through the Texas Militia Bureau

Germany. An Hj Proficiency Badge, Silver Grade, With Its Original Paper Packet Of Issue Archive with the issue from March(HJ Leistungabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered cupal; the obverse consisting of an upward pointing arrow with a broad ring at the base, inscribed Fr Leistungen der HJ (German For proficiency in the HJ), with a mobile swastika centrally oriented between the ring; vertical pinback; marked RZM M1 34 for Karl Wurster, Ldenscheid, and numbered 45119; measuring 30. 32 mm (w) x 51. 25 (h); weighing 8. 1 grams. Accompanied by its paper packet, with