Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Gold Grade, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude measuring 54 mm (w) x

measuring 54 mm (w) x 85 mm (h - inclusive of crown and horizontally pierced ball suspension with crescent moon)

in order to pay for his law school tuition after his separation from the Air Force in 1946

(1920-1934 Issue)

and with double-headed crowned eagle in gilt bronze

In bronze gilt in the Art Nouveau style

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Gold Grade, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude measuring 54 mm (w) x(Ehrenzeichen Reichssieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of gilded 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, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked G. BREHMER,