Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Hold with 120mm length original ribbon

with 120mm length original ribbon as worn

a pair of Service Stripes in yellow embroidery on brownish-green wool sewn in place just above the cuff on the left sleeve

Overall extremely fine condition

in die stamped silvered iron

The album begins with a short story on the early days of the HJ followed by the HJ laws

Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Hold with 120mm length original ribbon(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