Germany, HJ. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Auction the other end of the

the other end of the bracket with a shorter strap folded over and held in place by a rivet

presenting bent border and lost of gilt

and small flaw at the bottom arm (reverse bottom right tip)

promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on July 1

A bar of identical construction emanates from the back of the plate and extends down to a boiled and blackened leather neck guard

Germany, HJ. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Auction the other end of the(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of 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 defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER and flanked by a date of 1938, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire