Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction including loosening of the peak

including loosening of the peak insignia and material fatigue of the leather elements

with slight material fatigue of the portepee

with light marks on the exterior from storage but otherwise extremely fine condition

and was passed

Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction including loosening of the peak(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel 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 (DISTRICT VICTOR) and flanked by a date of 1938, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker