Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Hold Hameln September 1st 1942

Hameln September 1st 1942

In its balsa wood case of issue

showing a crack in the amber

the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two Bronze Stars and the World War II Victory Medal

the South Vietnam Campaign Medal with dual push pins

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Hold Hameln September 1st 1942(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn overlaid by a HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked