Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surmounted by the Royal crown

surmounted by the Royal crown in rolled gold-coloured wire

white enameled Maltese Cross

Footnote: Norman Roese was born on October 20

Sierakowski" on the reverse

the suspension loop maker marked with a Präsidialkanzlei code of “100” for Wächtler & Lange

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surmounted by the Royal crown(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). 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 defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by a silvered inscription of GAUSIEGER and flanked by a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a