Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, By Gustav Brehmer Auction glue-bound

glue-bound

This B-25 first arrived in New Guinea in January 1944

eagles’ soldered

(Fürstrlich Reußisches Ehrenkreuz)

Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, By Gustav Brehmer Auction glue-bound(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, around a white enameled disc overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn bearing a HJ insignia, topped by an inscription of GAUSIEGER, flanked by a date of 1938, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker