Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity Mounted to a suspension bar

Mounted to a suspension bar

Although she is considered to have been intellectually inferior to both Joseph and Leopold

with some oxidation and loss of finish evident to the core of the cross

with surround depicting laurels and motto ""Virtute""

Buckle in Brass

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity Mounted to a suspension bar(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