Germany. SS proficiency badge. Reproduction. Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO

Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC

Scarcer year

The design also features Saint Lawrence the Martyr

Old blue grey toning

Germany. SS proficiency badge. Reproduction. Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANOThe Germanic Proficiency Runes (German: Germanische Leistungsrune) was a decoration of the German SS, issued as a type of sports badge to members of the Germanic SS. In many ways, the badge was similar to the SA Sports Badge and the German Sports Badge, but was intended to be awarded solely to non German members of the Germanic SS who were serving the SS in countries under Nazi occupation. A short lived predecessor to the Germanic Proficiency Runes