Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic he became a Platoon Leader

he became a Platoon Leader in the SS-Pioniersturmbann in Dresden

the reverse with an integrated strap with a reinforced buttonhole meeting an analogous buttonhole on the obverse

obverse illustrating a Greek athlete with loin cloth

with characteristics of Third Reich-era assembly

in addition to a red stamping below the right eyepiece and a white stamping between the eyepieces that are only partially legible

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic he became a Platoon Leader(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