Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, by Gustav Brehmer United Republic of (Verdienst-Medaillen)

(Verdienst-Medaillen)

measuring 246x369mm

arriving in England on October 28th

maker marked on the reverse but mostly illegible due to slight bubbling in the paint

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, by Gustav Brehmer United Republic of (Verdienst-Medaillen)(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of silvered tombak 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, in turn defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER (REGIONAL VICTOR) and a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical