Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Archive maker marked “Gürschner

maker marked “Gürschner

(Waffen-SS Porträt mit Unterschrift)

45 mm x 105 mm each

measuring 14 cm (w) x 18 cm (l) x 3 cm (h)

the obverse inset with a polished wooden cross inlay

Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Archive maker marked “Gürschner(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire