Germany, Hj. A 1944 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Archive Brommer was assigned to occupation

Brommer was assigned to occupation duty in France

the one on the left with the Spanish coat-of-arms

44mm(width) x 72

Each “section” of the helmet features four blackened metal (magnetic) breather holes

Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia in the form of a dark green cotton backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Hj. A 1944 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Archive Brommer was assigned to occupation(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1944). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a white painted disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel overlaid by an HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER 1944, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked G. BREHMER, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, measuring 49. 69 mm