Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity wings patinated

wings patinated

Overall near very fine condition

He served on both the Eastern and Western Fronts of the First World War

this airman was the rear gunner of an aircraft engaged on a reconnaissance flight over the Tunisian Road

two prongs on reverse

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity wings patinated(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). 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 defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by a silvered inscription of GAUSIEGER and flanked by a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a