Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Bronze Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Archive University of Toronto

University of Toronto

as they were looking for ways college students could become involved in positive programs to support US soldiers without becoming embroiled in the controversy of the war itself

with a machine embroidered obverse

A pair of Wehrmacht campaign shields

with winding stem on the right side

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Bronze Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Archive University of Toronto(HJ Leistungsabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Tyr rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a vertical pinback, marked with an issue number of 37248, a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code M1 101 for maker Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 29. 84 mm (w) x 52. 35 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.