Germany, HJ. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Gold Grade in Case, By Gustav Brehmer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac flanked by a single wing

flanked by a single wing

245 mm x 321 mm

including a large pencil sketch depicting the subject staring directly at the viewer and wearing an NSDAP uniform with a NSDAP membership badge and 1914 Iron Cross I Class visible

measuring 60 mm (w) x 38 mm (l)

unmarked but of high quality

Germany, HJ. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Gold Grade in Case, By Gustav Brehmer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac flanked by a single wing(Ehrenzeichen Reichssieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). A superb example of the highly desirable gold grade, gilded bronze and 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 1938, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked G.