Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Archive The bottom of the lid

The bottom of the lid bears a circular inlay of various gemstones including turquoise

in addition to its original neck ribbon

Membership of this Order was restricted to Catholic men of royal blood

Streaking on the reverse

Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Archive The bottom of the lid(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