Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Archive 2 Destroyer War Badge

2 Destroyer War Badge

the inside of the flap is stamped in black ink and reads “CASE

4 Gablonz” for the manufacturer

tied in place to its original full-length sash bearing a large bow-tied rosette and incorporating a decorative moiré pattern

surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed HONNEUR ET PATRIE

Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Archive 2 Destroyer War Badge(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a central white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel overlaid by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER 1938, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker