WH (Heeres) so-called: trade- and/or special-career arm-insignia (ie. 'Laufbahn- o. Tätigkeitsabzeichen') as intended for a: 'Hufbeschlagmeister' (or farrier) being a machine-embroidered 'variant'

This is an attractive - and presumably issued and moderately used- and/or worn - example of a WH (Heeres) so-called: trade- and/or special-career arm-insignia (ie. 'Laufbahn- o. Tätigkeitsabzeichen') as was specifically intended for a: 'Hufbeschlagmeister' (o: qualified farrier ie. NCO) being a neatly machine-embroidered 'variant' that comes mounted onto a darker-green-coloured- and/or woolen-based background and that comes in an overall nice- (ie. clearly used- ie. I deem carefully tunic-removed-), condition. The neat patch is executed on darker-green-coloured wool and shows a detailed, golden-yellow-toned (and neatly machine-embroidered!) 'horseshoe'-symbol. The patch - which is backed with black-coloured linnen as more often - shows the additionally attached silver-coloured 'border' denoting that the soldier ie. NCO who wore it (ie. for whom it was intended) had succesfully passed several tests and could therefore be regarded as a: 'Geprüfter Hufbeschlagmeister'. The patch shows only moderate usage and staining, simply caused by decades of storage and/or moderate wear. Simply an attractive WH (Heeres) trade- and/or special-career arm-insignia (ie. 'Laufbahn- o. Tätigkeitsabzeichen')!