Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Auction ) naming re-engraved in upright

) naming re-engraved in upright capitals

with a brownish-green wool backer

A 1936 “Tag der Arbeit” badge (1

Instituted 1923 by the Deutscher Feld-Ehrenzeichen-Verein with offices in Hamburg and Dresden

Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Auction ) naming re-engraved in upright(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a central white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel overlaid by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER 1938, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker