Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Hold in die stamped silvered iron

in die stamped silvered iron

dated on the reverse 19 May 1940 with the message “Meinem kleinen Süßen Gretchen zum Andenken Franz

the reverse inscribed with the numeral “18”

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 in die stamped silvered iron(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