Germany, Hj. A 1944 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, By Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive medallion is surmounted by a

medallion is surmounted by a gilded period Spanish crown

In addition to chipping and peeling of the multiple layers of paint there is sporadic denting of the shell

and came to Virginia in 1771

issued on 1 Jult 1940

and maker marked on reverse

Germany, Hj. A 1944 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, By Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive medallion is surmounted by a(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of silvered zink with multi coloured enamels and paint, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, around a white painted disc overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn bearing a HJ insignia, topped by an inscription of GAUSIEGER, flanked by a date of 1944, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked G.